Postcode districts
Crime in GL53
Published street-crime records for the GL53 postcode district, assigned by each record's approximate published location from data.police.uk.
Last 12 published months
June 2025 to May 2026.
Street-crime records
813
Latest month (May 2026)
7
Change vs previous 12 months
-27.3%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| June 2025 |
93 |
| July 2025 |
88 |
| August 2025 |
110 |
| September 2025 |
100 |
| October 2025 |
94 |
| November 2025 |
108 |
| December 2025 |
99 |
| January 2026 |
106 |
| February 2026 |
4 |
| March 2026 |
1 |
| April 2026 |
3 |
| May 2026 |
7 |
Top crime categories
Share of GL53 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
227 |
27.9% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
197 |
24.2% |
| Vehicle Crime |
77 |
9.5% |
| Burglary |
64 |
7.9% |
| Shoplifting |
63 |
7.7% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
48 |
5.9% |
| Public Order |
48 |
5.9% |
| Other Theft |
39 |
4.8% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for GL53. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to May 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
1,051 |
| 2022 |
1,038 |
| 2023 |
1,308 |
| 2024 |
1,166 |
| 2025 |
1,140 |
| 2026 |
121 |
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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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