Total Crime Rate
96.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middlepark Road area has the 35th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Middlepark Road (DY1 2LJ) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 57.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middlepark Road (DY1 2LJ), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Eagle Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sparrowhawk Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrowhawk Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrowhawk Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrowhawk Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Way | 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 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Golden Eagle Rise | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Ashenhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Golden Eagle Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlepark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boleyn Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnell Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnell Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Golden Eagle Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashenhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Golden Eagle Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Russell'S Hall Road | Under investigation |
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