Shirley vs Mease Tame & Whittington

Shirley has a safety score of 7/100 (High Crime) and recorded 3,246 crimes in the last 12 months. Mease Tame & Whittington has a safety score of 68/100 (Safe) with 425 crimes. Mease Tame & Whittington scores higher on the CrimeRadar safety index.

Shirley shows a year-on-year crime trend of +0.7% — meaning total crimes rose compared to the same period the prior year. Mease Tame & Whittington shows +4.9% (rising). A downward trend is a positive sign for an area.

In Shirley, the most recorded crime category over the last 12 months is Shoplifting (987 incidents). In Mease Tame & Whittington, it is Violent Crime (179 incidents). The full breakdown by category is shown in the chart above.

Shirley recorded 143 anti-social behaviour incidents in the last 12 months, while Mease Tame & Whittington recorded 58. Anti-social behaviour includes rowdiness, nuisance and disorder that disrupts daily life but may not result in a criminal charge.

Violent crime in Shirley totalled 891 incidents over the last 12 months, compared to 179 in Mease Tame & Whittington. Violent crime includes assault with and without injury, harassment, and public order offences.

In the 12 months prior to the most recent period, Shirley recorded 3,223 crimes (now 3,246, a change of +0.7%). Mease Tame & Whittington recorded 405 crimes previously (now 425, +4.9%).

The resolution rate is the percentage of recorded crimes that resulted in a formal outcome — such as a charge, caution, penalty notice, or community resolution. Shirley has a resolution rate of 20% and Mease Tame & Whittington has 22.7%. A higher rate indicates police are more frequently resolving reported crimes in that area.

Shirley falls within the West Midlands Police boundary. Mease Tame & Whittington is covered by Staffordshire Police. Each force operates independently and publishes crime data through the national UK Police API.

CrimeRadar uses 36 months of official recorded crime data from the UK Police API, updated each month. The safety score combines crime volume relative to the force average, year-on-year trend direction, and resolution rate. All figures are based on crimes recorded within each police-defined neighbourhood boundary.

Yes — CrimeRadar has individual crime map pages for both Shirley and Mease Tame & Whittington. You can view interactive maps, monthly trends and hotspot locations by visiting each neighbourhood's full statistics page linked above.