Total Crime Rate

124.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.8 8/10
  • Other theft 21.8 10/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.4 7/10
  • Burglary 3.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Needle Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Studley North , and the 48th highest crime rate of 420 local areas in Stratford-on-Avon .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Needle Close (B80 7SB) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 95.2% higher than the Studley North average (63.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -30.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Needle Close (B80 7SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brookes Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Needle Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Manor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Albert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Albert Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Manor Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Church Street
Sep 2025Public order New Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Castle Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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