Total Crime Rate

124.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

68.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 68.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 20.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.0 4/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.0 7/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

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 2EX) 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 2EX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 45 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.

Crime Over Time in Baxter Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Lion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Dudley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Eddy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Lion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Lion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Leswell Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lion Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Union Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dudley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harold Evers Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dudley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Jerusalem Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dudley Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Findon Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horse Fair Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Horse Fair Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Findon Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Findon Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Larkhill Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Long Acre Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Long Acre Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Olympian Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Sycamore Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Blackwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Blackwell Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Champions Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Olympian Court Under investigation

Data Sources

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