Postcode districts
Crime in SY8
Published street-crime records for the SY8 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
1,115
Latest month (June 2026)
87
Change vs previous 12 months
-4.5%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
122 |
| August 2025 |
104 |
| September 2025 |
76 |
| October 2025 |
86 |
| November 2025 |
88 |
| December 2025 |
98 |
| January 2026 |
89 |
| February 2026 |
116 |
| March 2026 |
80 |
| April 2026 |
90 |
| May 2026 |
79 |
| June 2026 |
87 |
Top crime categories
Share of SY8 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
408 |
36.6% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
174 |
15.6% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
137 |
12.3% |
| Shoplifting |
92 |
8.3% |
| Other Theft |
81 |
7.3% |
| Burglary |
66 |
5.9% |
| Public Order |
57 |
5.1% |
| Vehicle Crime |
31 |
2.8% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for SY8. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
870 |
| 2022 |
1,126 |
| 2023 |
1,345 |
| 2024 |
1,141 |
| 2025 |
1,175 |
| 2026 |
541 |
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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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