Total Crime Rate
274.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
158.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Upper Jane Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in St John's and Great Clifton , and the 37th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Upper Jane Street (CA14 4AU) in the last 12 months was 274.1 per 1,000 residents and was 142.0% higher than the St John's and Great Clifton average (113.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 158.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Upper Jane Street (CA14 4AU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 267 crimes here, including 112 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Theatre/Concert Hall | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hall Brow | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Brow | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hall Brow | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hall Brow | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hall Brow | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hall Brow | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Brow | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Brow | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Brow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Christian Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
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