Crime Rate in Broadwaters, ward

Broadwaters has the 4th highest crime rate of 12 wards in Wyre Forest district and the 1869th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 173rd highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Broadwaters in the last 12 months was 96.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% higher than the Wyre Forest district average (93.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Broadwaters’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 418 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 90.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 501 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Broadwaters ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Old Bear Close, with 46 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Usmere Road (26 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.