Postcode districts
Crime in WA12
Published street-crime records for the WA12 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
4,366
Latest month (June 2026)
390
Change vs previous 12 months
-7.3%
Month-by-month totals
| Month |
Street-crime records |
| July 2025 |
393 |
| August 2025 |
472 |
| September 2025 |
390 |
| October 2025 |
383 |
| November 2025 |
312 |
| December 2025 |
325 |
| January 2026 |
301 |
| February 2026 |
284 |
| March 2026 |
375 |
| April 2026 |
391 |
| May 2026 |
350 |
| June 2026 |
390 |
Top crime categories
Share of WA12 records in the same trailing window.
| Category |
Records |
Share |
| Violent Crime |
1,965 |
45.0% |
| Public Order |
411 |
9.4% |
| Shoplifting |
389 |
8.9% |
| Anti Social Behaviour |
384 |
8.8% |
| Criminal Damage Arson |
315 |
7.2% |
| Other Theft |
233 |
5.3% |
| Drugs |
224 |
5.1% |
| Vehicle Crime |
144 |
3.3% |
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for WA12. The first and last years may be partial, depending on the loaded data window (December 2013 to June 2026).
| Year |
Street-crime records |
| 2021 |
2,521 |
| 2022 |
2,479 |
| 2023 |
4,102 |
| 2024 |
4,871 |
| 2025 |
4,676 |
| 2026 |
2,091 |
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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.
- Full detail is on the methodology page and in
what a postcode district crime page shows.
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