Total Crime Rate

618.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 618.7 10/10
  • Shoplifting 254.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.3 10/10
  • Public order 48.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.6 10/10
  • Other theft 31.2 10/10
  • Robbery 16.8 10/10
  • Drugs 12.0 9/10
  • Other crime 12.0 10/10
  • Burglary 9.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Queensway area has the highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 9th 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 Queensway (B63 4AB) in the last 12 months was 618.7 per 1,000 residents and was 566.7% higher than the Belle Vale average (92.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 106 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 90 (≈ 215.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queensway (B63 4AB), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 190 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queensway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Islington
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Claremont Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Claremont Way
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Maslen Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grammar School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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