Total Crime Rate
570.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Areley Kings & Riverside , and the 8th highest crime rate of 334 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 High Street (DY13 8BP) in the last 12 months was 570.5 per 1,000 residents and was 336.5% higher than the Areley Kings & Riverside average (130.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 201.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DY13 8BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Raven Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Areley Kings & Riverside| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | William Bullock Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | York Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbons Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Severn Side | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Severn Side | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parkes Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkes Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkes Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Waters Edge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waters Edge | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Mitton Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Mitton Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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