Crime Rate in St. Thomas's, ward

St. Thomas's has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Dudley district and the 2939th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 286th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in St. Thomas's in the last 12 months was 76.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% lower than the Dudley district average (84.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St. Thomas's’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 620 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 109.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -31.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 739 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St. Thomas's ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Little Street, with 76 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Field Road (33 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.