Postcode districts
Crime in GL52
Published street-crime records for the GL52 postcode district, assigned by each record's approximate published location from data.police.uk.
Last 12 published months
April 2025 to May 2026.
Street-crime records
2,932
Latest month (May 2026)
1
Change vs previous 12 months
-19.3%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| April 2025 |
320 |
| May 2025 |
311 |
| June 2025 |
288 |
| July 2025 |
281 |
| August 2025 |
288 |
| September 2025 |
293 |
| October 2025 |
347 |
| November 2025 |
283 |
| December 2025 |
254 |
| January 2026 |
264 |
| March 2026 |
2 |
| May 2026 |
1 |
Top crime categories
Share of GL52 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
907 |
30.9% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
738 |
25.2% |
| Shoplifting |
251 |
8.6% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
182 |
6.2% |
| Vehicle Crime |
181 |
6.2% |
| Other Theft |
163 |
5.6% |
| Public Order |
163 |
5.6% |
| Burglary |
142 |
4.8% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for GL52. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to May 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
3,108 |
| 2022 |
3,331 |
| 2023 |
3,775 |
| 2024 |
3,652 |
| 2025 |
3,578 |
| 2026 |
267 |
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Limits to keep in mind
- Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a district by its nearest postcode. Counts near district boundaries are indicative.
- These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
- Outcome labels in the source data are not court results or conviction rates.
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