Total Crime Rate

111.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 111.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 30.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 6/10
  • Public order 17.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.2 9/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Meadow Close area has the 5th highest crime rate of 46 local areas in Breaston , and the 90th highest crime rate of 377 local areas in Erewash .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meadow Close (DE72 3QR) in the last 12 months was 111.7 per 1,000 residents and was 135.6% higher than the Breaston average (47.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 50.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meadow Close (DE72 3QR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mcneil Grove, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wallis Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Meadow Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mapleton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cowslip Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Cowslip Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wallis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wallis Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Market Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Holly Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Milner Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clay Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Mary'S Avenue

Data Sources

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