Crime Rates at Baxter Avenue, Kidderminster, DY10 2EU

Baxter Avenue area has the 21st highest crime rate of 79 local areas in Aggborough & Spennells , and the 56th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Wyre Forest .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Baxter Avenue (DY10 2EU) in the last 12 months was 124.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.9% higher than the Aggborough & Spennells average (98.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 68.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baxter Avenue (DY10 2EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Old Bear Close, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Olympian Court (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.