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Crime · Merry Hill
Reported crime in central Merry Hill
1,537 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 58 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
1,537
Rate / 1,000
58
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 711 | 46% |
| Vehicle crime | 140 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 130 | 8% |
| Other theft | 106 | 7% |
| Shoplifting | 98 | 6% |
| Public order | 90 | 6% |
| Burglary | 82 | 5% |
| Anti social behaviour | 68 | 4% |
| Other crime | 30 | 2% |
| Possession of weapons | 24 | 2% |
| Drugs | 23 | 1% |
| Robbery | 15 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 13 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 7 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 49 | 71 | 45 | 41 | 65 | 43 | 46 | 55 | 57 | 87 | 80 | 72 | 711 |
| Vehicle crime | 11 | 10 | 16 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 22 | 140 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 11 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 130 |
| Other theft | 2 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 106 |
| Shoplifting | 1 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 98 |
| Public order | 4 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 90 |
| Burglary | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 82 | |
| Anti social behaviour | 3 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 10 | 68 | |
| Other crime | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 24 | ||
| Drugs | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 23 | |
| Robbery | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 15 | ||||
| Theft from the person | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | ||||||
| Bicycle theft | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |||||
| Total | 97 | 130 | 105 | 103 | 142 | 114 | 119 | 115 | 129 | 160 | 169 | 154 | 1537 |
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police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Merry Hill, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 26,489.