Total Crime Rate
83.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyde Green area has the 16th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 291st 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 Lyde Green (B63 2PF) in the last 12 months was 83.3 per 1,000 residents and was 44.9% higher than the Cradley North & Wollescote average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyde Green (B63 2PF), the main crime hotspot is near Woods Lane. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 30 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 | Woods Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Walmley Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woods Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forge Lane | Under investigation |
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