Total Crime Rate

93.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 93.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.7 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 22.3 8/10
  • Public order 22.3 9/10
  • Other theft 8.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.5 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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
  • 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

The Close area has the 16th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Dove , and the 95th highest crime rate of 371 local areas in East Staffordshire .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Close (DE13 9JL) in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 151.0% higher than the Dove average (37.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 58.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 85.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Close (DE13 9JL), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Street. Police recorded 8 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (1/1)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fishpond Lane Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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