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UK Crime Rates by Postcode: Detailed Area Crime Statistics

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Area360 crime statistics preview

We just launched detailed crime statistics for every postcode and area in Area360. You can now see a crime per 1,000 population breakdown by category (anti-social behaviour, vehicle crime, violence and more), right alongside your usual area profile.

This gives you a clearer, more granular view of local risk and how it compares to the wider region.

What’s new

  • Category-level crime breakdowns for each postcode and area
  • Per 1,000 population rates so you can compare fairly
  • Regional comparison markers to put local stats in context
  • Works across postcode and all area pages

Why this matters

Raw crime counts are easy to misread. A large area may show more incidents just because more people live there. The new view normalizes by population and surfaces category detail, so you can answer questions like:

  • Is anti-social behaviour unusually high here?
  • How does burglary compare with the regional average?
  • Is the pattern driven by a single category or spread across types?

Where you’ll see it

Postcode pages

Open any postcode and scroll to Area Profile → Crime to see the breakdown. The values are per 1,000 residents, and the visual marker shows how the area compares with the regional baseline.

Area pages

On area profiles (ward, council, region), the same breakdown appears in the Crime section so you can compare neighborhoods at different scales.

How to use it

  1. Search for a postcode or area on Area360.
  2. Open Area Profile → Crime.
  3. Scan the category list and compare against the regional marker.

If you’re shortlisting properties, this gives you a quick, data-driven way to compare safety profiles between neighborhoods without losing the context of population size.

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