Total Crime Rate

346.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

116.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 346.3 10/10
  • Violent crimes 116.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 98.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 74.6 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 62.7 10/10
  • Public order 32.8 10/10
  • Other theft 17.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Drugs 9.0 8/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Robbery 6.0 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 3/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Birch Avenue area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Fleet Central , and the 3rd highest crime rate of 298 local areas in Hart .

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 Birch Avenue (GU51 4PB) in the last 12 months was 346.3 per 1,000 residents and was 374.5% higher than the Fleet Central average (73.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 116.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 260.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Birch Avenue (GU51 4PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 90 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Nightclub (45 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Birch Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Church Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Old Dairy Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brick Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Westminster Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area —
Apr 2026Other crime Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Dairy Close —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Nightclub Formal action is not in the public interest
Apr 2026Drugs Nightclub Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Nightclub Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Nightclub —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Church Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Dairy Close —
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Data Sources

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