Total Crime Rate

192.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 192.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.8 10/10
  • Other theft 27.0 10/10
  • Other crime 13.5 10/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 6.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Slims Gate area has the 8th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 82nd highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Slims Gate (B63 4AX) in the last 12 months was 192.6 per 1,000 residents and was 107.5% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 98.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Slims Gate (B63 4AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Windsor Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Slims Gate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavalier Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ankerdine Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Islington

Data Sources

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