Crime Rate in Wollaston & Stourbridge Town, ward

Wollaston & Stourbridge Town has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Dudley district and the 2703rd highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 268th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Wollaston & Stourbridge Town in the last 12 months was 80.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.0% lower than the Dudley district average (84.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Wollaston & Stourbridge Town’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 400 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 513 (≈ 35.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Wollaston & Stourbridge Town ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 139 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Police Station (75 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.