Postcode districts
Crime in S42
Published street-crime records for the S42 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
2,258
Latest month (June 2026)
210
Change vs previous 12 months
+15.4%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
213 |
| August 2025 |
170 |
| September 2025 |
147 |
| October 2025 |
178 |
| November 2025 |
156 |
| December 2025 |
158 |
| January 2026 |
157 |
| February 2026 |
164 |
| March 2026 |
218 |
| April 2026 |
256 |
| May 2026 |
231 |
| June 2026 |
210 |
Top crime categories
Share of S42 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
1,076 |
47.7% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
328 |
14.5% |
| Public Order |
203 |
9.0% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
180 |
8.0% |
| Other Theft |
123 |
5.4% |
| Vehicle Crime |
106 |
4.7% |
| Burglary |
86 |
3.8% |
| Drugs |
50 |
2.2% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for S42. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
1,976 |
| 2022 |
2,093 |
| 2023 |
2,135 |
| 2024 |
2,061 |
| 2025 |
1,976 |
| 2026 |
1,236 |
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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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