Total Crime Rate
237.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
133.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood 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 Wood Street (DY11 6UF) 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 Wood Street (DY11 6UF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Street (37 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perrett Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrett Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrett Walk | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrett Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Perrett Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Millfield Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cobden Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Butts Ringway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plimsoll Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Plimsoll Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cobden Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Quayle Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Quayle Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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