Crime runs at 8.3 per 1,000 residents a month — below the covered-area average of 9.7. Like most places with a retail centre, offences cluster where the shops are, not where people live.
Crime rate
Monthly recorded crimes within this area
Per 1,000 / month8.3
Covered-area average9.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months this area
Shoplifting
109
Anti-social behaviour
86
Violence and sexual offences
79
Criminal damage and arson
33
Other theft
23
Public order
19
Recorded crimes by category within this area, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
On or near
Crimes
Shopping Area
55
Supermarket
42
Lower Mead
25
The Avenue
18
Longfield Road
12
Busiest anonymised "on or near" markers over the last 6 months — click a row to centre the crime map there · retail-heavy spots naturally rank high (shoplifting concentrates where the shops are) · police.uk