Total Crime Rate
70.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Drews Holloway area has the 30th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 360th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Drews Holloway (B63 2AF) in the last 12 months was 70.3 per 1,000 residents and was 24.8% lower than the Belle Vale average (93.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 39.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drews Holloway (B63 2AF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cradley Fields, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parkside Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Hayley Green & Cradley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradley Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beecher Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradley Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drews Holloway South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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