Total Crime Rate

105.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.5 9/10
  • Other crime 15.6 10/10
  • Other theft 11.7 8/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.8 4/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Broad Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 22 local areas in Essington , and the 53rd highest crime rate of 356 local areas in South Staffordshire .

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 Broad Lane (WV11 2RG) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% higher than the Essington average (69.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -45.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Lane (WV11 2RG), the main crime hotspot is near Sports/Recreation Area. Police recorded 23 crimes here, including 7 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Broad Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sports/Recreation Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Broad Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Broad Lane —
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Data Sources

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