Crime Rate in Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood, ward

Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 wards in Dudley district and the 3721st lowest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 362nd lowest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood in the last 12 months was 63.9 per 1,000 residents and was 24.4% lower than the Dudley district average (84.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 401 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -39.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 479 (≈ 32.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Quarry Bank & Dudley Wood ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Nottingham Way, with 68 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Copse Road (23 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.