Total Crime Rate
34.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Meredith Close area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 20 local areas in Burton & Eton , and the 128th 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 Meredith Close (DE14 2SL) in the last 12 months was 34.1 per 1,000 residents and was 79.4% lower than the Burton & Eton average (165.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Meredith Close (DE14 2SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jeque Place, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Goodman Street (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Burton & Eton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bronte Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dickens Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chaucer Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ruskin Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hunter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Hunter Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterton Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stafford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Goodman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Goodman Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chesterton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Sports/Recreation Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodman Street | Under investigation |
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