Total Crime Rate
75.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stourbridge Road area has the 43rd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 332nd highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Stourbridge Road (DY1 2EP) in the last 12 months was 75.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% lower than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 51.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 33.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stourbridge Road (DY1 2EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hilderic Crescent, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highgate Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hallchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodstock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodstock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crossgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hilderic Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hallchurch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suffolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suffolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ashenhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A4101 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashenhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Under investigation |
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