Total Crime Rate

83.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 83.5 7/10
  • Violent crimes 55.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.1 5/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.1 4/10
  • Other theft 5.1 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.1 5/10
  • Drugs 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

St Michaels Close area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 68 local areas in Areley Kings & Riverside , and the 99th highest crime rate of 335 local areas in Wyre Forest .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around St Michaels Close (DY13 8EA) in the last 12 months was 83.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.3% lower than the Areley Kings & Riverside average (131.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 55.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Michaels Close (DY13 8EA), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Michaels Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (26/26)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lombard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lombard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Lombard Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lombard Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gibbons Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Tan Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mitton Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Longboat Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A4025 Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stour Lane Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Church Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Longboat Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Warwick Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Warwick Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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