Total Crime Rate
93.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wright Street area has the 20th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 250th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wright Street (B63 3LB) in the last 12 months was 93.5 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 48.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wright Street (B63 3LB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 32 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Halesowen South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Siviter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tenter Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tenter Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Vine Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tenter Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vine Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vine Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cobham Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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