Total Crime Rate

280.9 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 280.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 150.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.8 8/10
  • Public order 20.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.7 9/10
  • Other crime 13.4 10/10
  • Burglary 10.0 8/10
  • Other theft 10.0 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.7 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.3 4/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • 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

Brereton Avenue area has the 4th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Sidney Sussex , and the 68th highest crime rate of 525 local areas in North East Lincolnshire .

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 Brereton Avenue (DN35 7RA) in the last 12 months was 280.9 per 1,000 residents and was 46.1% higher than the Sidney Sussex average (192.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 180.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brereton Avenue (DN35 7RA), the main crime hotspot is near Combe Street. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brereton Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/37)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimsby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brereton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Combe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Combe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Combe Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Combe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grimsby Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brereton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brereton Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brereton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Imperial Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brereton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Brereton Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Constitutional Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Constitutional Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Combe Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Combe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Combe Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Imperial Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Constitutional Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Constitutional Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Frankland Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order A180 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences May Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson May Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lestrange Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lestrange Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lestrange Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Ward Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Garnett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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