Postcode · Kidderminster
Crime in DY14 8DE
How much crime is recorded in DY14 8DE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cleobury Mortimer, Burford & Ashford Carbonell
- Council
- Shropshire
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,393 (2024)
DY14 8DEKidderminster
How safe is DY14 8DE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY14 8DE area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
21.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
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).
DY14 8DENational
Violence and sexual offences19.123.6
Other theft4.54.5
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Public order2.64.6
Burglary2.59.1
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Anti-social behaviour1.710.7
Drugs0.52.4
Other crime0.51.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 64% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.