Total Crime Rate
179.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
91.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Waterloo Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 55 local areas in Dove , and the 34th highest crime rate of 373 local areas in East Staffordshire .
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 Waterloo Street (DE14 2NA) in the last 12 months was 179.1 per 1,000 residents and was 332.1% higher than the Dove average (41.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -55.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 91.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Waterloo Street (DE14 2NA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Richmond Street (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Shobnall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richmond Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King Edward Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byrkley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byrkley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A5121 | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A5121 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gordon Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edward Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edward Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edward Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Borough Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Casey Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Olympic Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Curzon Street West | — |
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