Total Crime Rate
26.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harper Avenue area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Horninglow & Outwoods , and the 94th lowest crime rate of 373 local areas in East Staffordshire .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harper Avenue (DE13 0NA) in the last 12 months was 26.4 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% lower than the Horninglow & Outwoods average (78.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 12.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 17.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harper Avenue (DE13 0NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jeque Place, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Francis Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Horninglow & Outwoods| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Modwen'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horninglow Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Johns Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mark'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Francis Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Jude'S Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Luke'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Chad'S Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Panama Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castilla Place | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castilla Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Castilla Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Under investigation |
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