Total Crime Rate
571.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
167.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Park Lane area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Blakebrook & Habberley South , and the 8th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Wyre Forest .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Park Lane (DY11 6RY) in the last 12 months was 571.7 per 1,000 residents and was 271.3% higher than the Blakebrook & Habberley South average (154.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 142 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 84 (≈ 167.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Park Lane (DY11 6RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Park Lane, where police recorded 191 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bull Ring (54 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Market Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Market Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Roundhill Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kidderminster Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kidderminster Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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