Total Crime Rate

177.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 177.3 9/10
  • Other theft 79.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 21.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Burglary 5.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Robbery 2.7 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Short Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Princes End , and the 116th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Short Street (WS10 7JA) in the last 12 months was 177.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.3% higher than the Princes End average (101.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 45.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Short Street (WS10 7JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitley Street, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thorn Close (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Short Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Queen Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Meeting Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Meeting Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Monway Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monway Terrace Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Whitley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Street —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Old Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lloyd Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Trouse Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Whitley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Trouse Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Blakedon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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