Total Crime Rate
93.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Alma Street area has the 19th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 249th 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 Alma Street (B63 2JD) in the last 12 months was 93.9 per 1,000 residents and was 0.4% 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 16 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 17 (≈ 55.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 70.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Alma Street (B63 2JD), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 15 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 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Barnswood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hedgefield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hedgefield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cradley Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | 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 | Vehicle crime | Holcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cradley Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holcroft Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Toys Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Windmill Hill | Under investigation |
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