Crime Rate in Belle Vale, ward

Belle Vale has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Dudley district and the 2052nd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 199th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Belle Vale in the last 12 months was 92.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.8% higher than the Dudley district average (84.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Belle Vale’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 525 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -44.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 644 (≈ 43.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Belle Vale ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 64 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Sports/Recreation Area (27 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.