Crime Rate in Great Wyrley Landywood, ward

Great Wyrley Landywood has the 8th lowest crime rate of 20 wards in South Staffordshire district and the 2844th lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 264th lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Great Wyrley Landywood in the last 12 months was 52.7 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% lower than the South Staffordshire district average (59.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Great Wyrley Landywood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 131 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Possession of weapons ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 159 (≈ 29.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Great Wyrley Landywood ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Hazel Lane. Police recorded 21 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.