Total Crime Rate

208.7 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 208.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 55.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 43.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 19.7 9/10
  • Other theft 11.8 8/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Burglary 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 3.9 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lime Tree Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 45 local areas in Bilbrook , and the 11th highest crime rate of 356 local areas in South Staffordshire .

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 Lime Tree Road (WV8 1NP) in the last 12 months was 208.7 per 1,000 residents and was 174.6% higher than the Bilbrook average (76.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 70.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 114.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Tree Road (WV8 1NP), the main crime hotspot is near Bilbrook Court. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Tree Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Cherry Tree Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bilbrook Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Bencroft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mill Stream Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hattons Grove
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cherry Tree Lane Under investigation

Data Sources

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