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Area crime check
Latest recorded street crime near a postcode, by type.
Sources & review
Last reviewed:
One month of recorded crime within roughly a one-mile radius, with locations anonymised to nearby points. Not a safety rating; counts depend on population, footfall and reporting. Scotland is not covered by this API. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- data.police.uk — Street-level crime API
Street-level crimes within about one mile of a point for the latest published month in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
- ONS Postcode Directory (via postcodes.io)
Open data used only to find which country and council area a postcode is in.
Review dates record our source check, not the date a rule took effect. Rules can change; check the linked guidance before acting. Legal processes differ across the UK.