Total Crime Rate
186.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ketley Hill Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 84th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Ketley Hill Road (DY1 2HT) in the last 12 months was 186.4 per 1,000 residents and was 94.4% higher 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 118.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ketley Hill Road (DY1 2HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peregrine Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Russell'S Hall Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montrose Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Eagle Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Eagle Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Golden Eagle Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Golden Eagle Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Golden Eagle Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Ashenhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kestrel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodstock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ashenhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Osprey Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Woodstock Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbyn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell'S Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | A4101 | Under investigation |
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