Crime runs at 6.5 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 postcode sector
Per 1,000 / month6.5
Covered-area average9.7
Street-level counts · police.uk, last 12 months
By category, 12 months this postcode sector
Violence and sexual offences
321
Anti-social behaviour
152
Criminal damage and arson
60
Public order
57
Other theft
52
Shoplifting
45
Recorded crimes by category within this postcode sector, last 12 months · police.uk / Home Office
Where crime clusters
On or near
Crimes
Bush Close
31
Supermarket
25
Hillcrest Avenue
18
Kemble Avenue
17
Market Street
16
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