Total Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Highfield Crescent area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 183rd lowest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Highfield Crescent (B63 2BD) in the last 12 months was 21.6 per 1,000 residents and was 76.9% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 8.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Highfield Crescent (B63 2BD), the main crime hotspot is near Parkside Road. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 13 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Cradley North & Wollescote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drews Holloway South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Windmill Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elm Tree Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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