Postcode districts
Crime in B68
Published street-crime records for the B68 postcode district, assigned by each record's approximate published location from data.police.uk.
Last 12 published months
July 2025 to June 2026.
Street-crime records
2,721
Latest month (June 2026)
225
Change vs previous 12 months
-10.6%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
266 |
| August 2025 |
225 |
| September 2025 |
238 |
| October 2025 |
232 |
| November 2025 |
193 |
| December 2025 |
202 |
| January 2026 |
230 |
| February 2026 |
211 |
| March 2026 |
243 |
| April 2026 |
233 |
| May 2026 |
223 |
| June 2026 |
225 |
Top crime categories
Share of B68 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
1,316 |
48.4% |
| Vehicle Crime |
253 |
9.3% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
203 |
7.5% |
| Other Theft |
197 |
7.2% |
| Public Order |
126 |
4.6% |
| Shoplifting |
122 |
4.5% |
| Burglary |
116 |
4.3% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
104 |
3.8% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for B68. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
751 |
| 2022 |
1,732 |
| 2023 |
2,980 |
| 2024 |
3,077 |
| 2025 |
2,845 |
| 2026 |
1,365 |
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Limits to keep in mind
- Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a district by its nearest postcode. Counts near district boundaries are indicative.
- These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
- Outcome labels in the source data are not court results or conviction rates.
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