Total Crime Rate

210.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 210.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 135.5 10/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.0 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.7 3/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Shoplifting 4.7 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Oval area has the 11th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 73rd highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Oval (DY1 2LN) in the last 12 months was 210.3 per 1,000 residents and was 126.0% higher than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (93.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 158.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Oval (DY1 2LN), the main crime hotspot is near Bushey Fields Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 48 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Oval area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbotsford Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dereton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dereton Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bushey Fields Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sparrowhawk Fold Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pensnett Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Pensnett Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime The Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Oval Local resolution
Sep 2025Drugs Middlepark Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Quentin Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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