Total Crime Rate
52.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
31.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Fatherless Barn Crescent area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 497th 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 Fatherless Barn Crescent (B63 2EU) in the last 12 months was 52.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 31.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fatherless Barn Crescent (B63 2EU), 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 | Cradley Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Fatherless Barn Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedgefield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hedgefield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parkside Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradley Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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