Total Crime Rate

53.7 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.7 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.1 5/10
  • Other crime 10.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Woodman Close area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 485th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodman Close (B63 3EH) in the last 12 months was 53.7 per 1,000 residents and was 42.1% lower than the Belle Vale average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodman Close (B63 3EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tenter Drive, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vine Lane (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Woodman Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary B4551 Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Grange Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Tenter Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Greenleas Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Tenter Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Honeybourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodman Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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