Total Crime Rate

84.8 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 84.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.6 8/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • 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

Dove Drive area has the 10th highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Appleton , and the 54th highest crime rate of 281 local areas in Castle Point .

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 Dove Drive (SS7 5EW) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 150.2% higher than the Appleton average (33.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 37.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 17.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dove Drive (SS7 5EW), the main crime hotspot is near Merrivale. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dove Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Danesfield Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Merrivale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Merrivale Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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