Total Crime Rate

152.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 152.3 9/10
  • Violent crimes 97.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.1 9/10
  • Burglary 27.3 10/10
  • Public order 11.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 11.7 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Other crime 3.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.9 6/10
  • Robbery 3.9 5/10
  • Shoplifting 3.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 9th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St. James's , and the 112th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (DY1 1QP) in the last 12 months was 152.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower than the St. James's average (154.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 97.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (DY1 1QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near King Street (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Court Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hagley View Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolverhampton Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolverhampton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Priory Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wolverhampton Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Vauxhall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Court Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Court Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parsons Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hope Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Court Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Court Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Richmond Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Richmond Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Court Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Court Passage Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hagley View Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Wolverhampton Street —
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parsons Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Greystone Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tinchbourne Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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