Postcode districts
Crime in B79
Published street-crime records for the B79 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
6,778
Latest month (June 2026)
570
Change vs previous 12 months
-2.9%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
614 |
| August 2025 |
570 |
| September 2025 |
487 |
| October 2025 |
595 |
| November 2025 |
574 |
| December 2025 |
529 |
| January 2026 |
466 |
| February 2026 |
493 |
| March 2026 |
664 |
| April 2026 |
650 |
| May 2026 |
566 |
| June 2026 |
570 |
Top crime categories
Share of B79 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
2,926 |
43.2% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
835 |
12.3% |
| Public Order |
676 |
10.0% |
| Vehicle Crime |
480 |
7.1% |
| Other Theft |
388 |
5.7% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
351 |
5.2% |
| Shoplifting |
295 |
4.4% |
| Burglary |
275 |
4.1% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for B79. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
1,916 |
| 2022 |
1,554 |
| 2023 |
4,754 |
| 2024 |
6,696 |
| 2025 |
6,730 |
| 2026 |
3,409 |
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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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