Total Crime Rate
237.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Plimsoll Street area has the 4th highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Blakebrook & Habberley South , and the 23rd highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Wyre Forest .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Plimsoll Street (DY11 6TZ) in the last 12 months was 237.9 per 1,000 residents and was 54.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 133.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Plimsoll Street (DY11 6TZ), the main crime hotspot is near Park Lane. Police recorded 191 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| 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 Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Butts Ringway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Butts Ringway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Butts Ringway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Butts Ringway | 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 | Other theft | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plimsoll Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfield Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Caldwall Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Roundhill Wharf | Awaiting court outcome |
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