Total Crime Rate

103.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 40.2 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.2 8/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Apperley Way area has the 16th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 215th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Apperley Way (B63 2XP) in the last 12 months was 103.0 per 1,000 residents and was 51.7% higher than the Cradley North & Wollescote average (67.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 220.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 45.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Apperley Way (B63 2XP), the main crime hotspot is near Forge Lane. Police recorded 13 crimes here, including 8 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Apperley Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sports/Recreation Area —
Sep 2025Public order Forge Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Forge Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hillcrest Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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