Total Crime Rate
179.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
129.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cookley Close area has the 8th highest crime rate of 86 local areas in Belle Vale , and the 89th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Cookley Close (B63 4SS) in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 92.4% 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 52 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 129.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 131.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cookley Close (B63 4SS), the main crime hotspot is near Walton Close. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Belle Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Yew Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wassell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hanbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Albrighton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walton Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elizabeth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spring Meadow | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wassell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wassell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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