Total Crime Rate

259.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 259.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.1 10/10
  • Public order 24.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.5 7/10
  • Other theft 12.5 8/10
  • Drugs 10.4 8/10
  • Other crime 10.4 9/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lime Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 56 local areas in Belle Vue , and the 39th highest crime rate of 917 local areas in Cumberland .

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 Lime Grove (CA2 7LF) in the last 12 months was 259.3 per 1,000 residents and was 289.1% higher than the Belle Vue average (66.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 74 (≈ 153.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Grove (CA2 7LF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lichen Grove, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shady Grove Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Grove area

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Data Sources

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