Crime · The Close

Reported crime in central The Close

Name: The Close crime statistics
Creator: police.uk
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

8,478 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 169 per 1,000 residents.

Total incidents

8,478

Rate / 1,000

169

By category

Category	Incidents	Share
Violence and sexual offences	3,081	36%
Anti social behaviour	1,484	18%
Shoplifting	1,124	13%
Criminal damage and arson	591	7%
Public order	518	6%
Other theft	496	6%
Drugs	244	3%
Burglary	198	2%
Bicycle theft	178	2%
Vehicle crime	171	2%
Other crime	126	1%
Possession of weapons	103	1%
Theft from the person	83	1%
Robbery	81	1%

Category by month

Category	Jul	Aug	Sept	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
Violence and sexual offences	240	250	255	259	253	250	277	251	295	224	248	279	3081
Anti social behaviour	154	168	157	124	117	93	84	94	99	121	168	105	1484
Shoplifting	150	98	116	51	78	52	60	71	96	124	81	147	1124
Criminal damage and arson	37	44	56	67	48	45	51	62	53	45	35	48	591
Public order	43	45	33	54	50	33	51	37	47	37	59	29	518
Other theft	39	35	53	46	45	40	37	44	42	46	37	32	496
Drugs	30	21	20	17	21	21	15	15	24	21	22	17	244
Burglary	14	5	19	9	11	15	21	33	26	13	16	16	198
Bicycle theft	8	11	23	21	17	9	12	20	10	9	15	23	178
Vehicle crime	14	8	8	11	10	14	14	23	18	16	21	14	171
Other crime	11	7	5	8	6	12	3	9	22	17	12	14	126
Possession of weapons	17	11	6	6	10	6	4	4	12	6	9	12	103
Theft from the person	8	11	7	9	9	4	9	2	10	4	5	5	83
Robbery	9	9	9	6	4	4	11	6	4	6	6	7	81
Total	774	723	767	688	679	598	649	671	758	689	734	748	8478

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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering The Close, Jul 2025 to Jun 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 50,279.