Postcode · Kidderminster
Crime in DY11 5SR
How much crime is recorded in DY11 5SR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wolverley, Cookley & Blakedown
- Council
- Wyre Forest
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,534 (2024)
DY11 5SRKidderminster
How safe is DY11 5SR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY11 5SR area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
32.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
53
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
DY11 5SRNational
Violence and sexual offences26.723.6
Burglary8.99.1
Anti-social behaviour6.010.7
Other theft2.84.5
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Public order2.64.6
Other crime2.41.5
Vehicle crime1.83.5
Drugs1.72.4
Theft from the person1.12.1
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Shoplifting0.68.4
Robbery0.31.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 13% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.