Total Crime Rate
103.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High Farm Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 214th 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 High Farm Road (B63 4JL) in the last 12 months was 103.1 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 107.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 69.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 93.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 139.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Farm Road (B63 4JL), the main crime hotspot is near Walton Close. Police recorded 19 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Belle Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yew Tree Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albrighton Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Albrighton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hasbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cookley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | B4183 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thornhill Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bournes Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Wassell Road | Under investigation |
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