Postcode districts
Crime in SS8
Published street-crime records for the SS8 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
3,094
Latest month (June 2026)
294
Change vs previous 12 months
+8.9%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
257 |
| August 2025 |
253 |
| September 2025 |
236 |
| October 2025 |
232 |
| November 2025 |
252 |
| December 2025 |
267 |
| January 2026 |
227 |
| February 2026 |
235 |
| March 2026 |
287 |
| April 2026 |
289 |
| May 2026 |
265 |
| June 2026 |
294 |
Top crime categories
Share of SS8 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
1,317 |
42.6% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
563 |
18.2% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
314 |
10.1% |
| Public Order |
198 |
6.4% |
| Other Theft |
167 |
5.4% |
| Shoplifting |
120 |
3.9% |
| Drugs |
93 |
3.0% |
| Vehicle Crime |
89 |
2.9% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for SS8. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
3,671 |
| 2022 |
3,732 |
| 2023 |
3,383 |
| 2024 |
2,772 |
| 2025 |
2,939 |
| 2026 |
1,597 |
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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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