Total Crime Rate
1197.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
379.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lower Mill Street area has the highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Blakebrook & Habberley South , and the 3rd 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 Lower Mill Street (DY11 6TT) in the last 12 months was 1197.0 per 1,000 residents and was 677.3% 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 111 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 102 (≈ 379.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lower Mill Street (DY11 6TT), 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 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Black Horse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Black Horse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Black Horse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kidderminster Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kidderminster Bus Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | 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 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Ring | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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