Total Crime Rate
164.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025North Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Brizlincote , and the 36th 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 North Street (DE15 0BP) in the last 12 months was 164.9 per 1,000 residents and was 174.9% higher than the Brizlincote average (60.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 101.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around North Street (DE15 0BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near East Street, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawfield Lane (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brizlincote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawfield Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | North Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mear Greaves Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Hill Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Berry Hedge Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | West Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | West Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Siddalls Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Siddalls Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Siddalls Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Siddalls Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
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