Total Crime Rate
223.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dudley Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 74th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .
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 Dudley Street (B70 9RL) in the last 12 months was 223.9 per 1,000 residents and was 178.5% higher than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 69.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dudley Street (B70 9RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tildasley Street, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charlemont with Grove Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | John Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lime Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Bilhay Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Chapel Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Butler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tildasley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Butler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cordley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Old Meeting Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilhay Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bilhay Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Old Meeting Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakwood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tildasley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tildasley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Winkle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Under investigation |
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