Total Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
0.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The area nearest to Waterloo Square didn't have any reported crime in the last 12 months.
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 Waterloo Square (PO21 1ST) in the last 12 months was 0 per 1,000 residents .
In the area around Waterloo Square (PO21 1ST), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 168 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sussex Street (77 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crescent Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crescent Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merchant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Merchant Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Richmond Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richmond Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | John Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Lyon Street West | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Station Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | York Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | York Road | — |
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