Total Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hollow Crescent area has the 22nd lowest crime rate of 70 local areas in Brizlincote , and the 165th lowest crime rate of 371 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 Hollow Crescent (DE15 0EA) in the last 12 months was 42.6 per 1,000 residents and was 29.1% lower 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 27.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollow Crescent (DE15 0EA), 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 | Public order | Berry Hedge Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | East Street | Under investigation |
| 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 | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Berry Hedge Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hawfield Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawfield 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 | Burglary | Mear Greaves Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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