Total Crime Rate
212.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Colsyll Gardens area has the 17th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 71st 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 Colsyll Gardens (DY1 1TU) in the last 12 months was 212.2 per 1,000 residents and was 56.8% 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 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 114.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 115.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Colsyll Gardens (DY1 1TU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Vicarage Prospect, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell Street (26 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Greystone Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Maughan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maughan Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Greystone Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waterloo Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Prospect | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Prospect | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ludgate Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tanfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Clifford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Queen'S Cross | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Oxford Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Oxford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Blower'S Green Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Swancote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blowers Green Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blowers Green Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Duncan Edwards Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Park Head Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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