Total Crime Rate

208.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 208.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 101.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.1 8/10
  • Public order 23.1 9/10
  • Other theft 17.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.5 8/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Violet Lane area has the 4th highest crime rate of 70 local areas in Brizlincote , and the 21st 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 Violet Lane (DE15 9ES) in the last 12 months was 208.1 per 1,000 residents and was 246.9% 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 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 127.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Violet Lane (DE15 9ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Marston Rise (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Violet Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marston Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marlborough Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Croft

Data Sources

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