←Back to overview
Crime · Merry Oak
Reported crime in central Merry Oak
4,665 incidents logged with the police in the past 12 months, around 97 per 1,000 residents.
Total incidents
4,665
Rate / 1,000
97
Categories
14
Months on file
12
By category
| Category | Incidents | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 1,841 | 39% |
| Shoplifting | 625 | 13% |
| Anti social behaviour | 419 | 9% |
| Public order | 398 | 9% |
| Criminal damage and arson | 328 | 7% |
| Vehicle crime | 281 | 6% |
| Other theft | 254 | 5% |
| Burglary | 171 | 4% |
| Drugs | 98 | 2% |
| Other crime | 98 | 2% |
| Robbery | 55 | 1% |
| Possession of weapons | 42 | 1% |
| Bicycle theft | 38 | 1% |
| Theft from the person | 17 | 0% |
Category by month
| Category | Sept | Oct | Nov | Dec | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 116 | 127 | 144 | 129 | 133 | 124 | 152 | 137 | 186 | 195 | 213 | 185 | 1841 |
| Shoplifting | 49 | 23 | 58 | 31 | 48 | 60 | 84 | 73 | 36 | 42 | 68 | 53 | 625 |
| Anti social behaviour | 35 | 27 | 33 | 27 | 32 | 18 | 31 | 30 | 38 | 47 | 39 | 62 | 419 |
| Public order | 45 | 29 | 29 | 21 | 25 | 31 | 21 | 23 | 50 | 40 | 51 | 33 | 398 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 23 | 29 | 33 | 21 | 29 | 30 | 21 | 29 | 19 | 27 | 33 | 34 | 328 |
| Vehicle crime | 39 | 42 | 30 | 20 | 39 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 21 | 15 | 281 |
| Other theft | 13 | 26 | 15 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 26 | 29 | 31 | 20 | 23 | 254 |
| Burglary | 17 | 22 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 8 | 171 |
| Drugs | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 98 |
| Other crime | 4 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 98 |
| Robbery | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 55 |
| Possession of weapons | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 42 | |
| Bicycle theft | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 38 |
| Theft from the person | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | |||
| Total | 355 | 352 | 373 | 309 | 369 | 346 | 390 | 373 | 413 | 454 | 488 | 443 | 4665 |
FewerMore
police.uk street-level crime for the Census neighbourhoods (LSOAs) covering Merry Oak, Sept 2025 to Aug 2026. The rate uses those neighbourhoods’ Census 2021 population of 48,308.