Total Crime Rate
896.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Tower Street area has the highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 3rd 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 Tower Street (DY1 1NB) in the last 12 months was 896.1 per 1,000 residents and was 562.2% higher than the Castle & Priory average (135.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 121 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 4 cases , down -63.6% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 170 (≈ 410.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 168.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tower Street (DY1 1NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Street, where police recorded 190 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (81 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle & Priory| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Little Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Court Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Court Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Court Passage | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Minories | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Minories | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priory Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Priory Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ednam Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Ednam Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stone Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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