Total Crime Rate
112.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
76.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Parkside Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 184th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Parkside Road (B63 2DZ) in the last 12 months was 112.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 76.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Parkside Road (B63 2DZ), 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 Hayley Green & Cradley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fatherless Barn Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradley Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beecher Road East | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Spring Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradley Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Drews Holloway South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Local resolution |
| 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 | 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 |
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