Total Crime Rate
34.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Eleanor Way area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 336th lowest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Eleanor Way (DY1 2PG) in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 63.9% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 120.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Eleanor Way (DY1 2PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peregrine Close, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawkesley Road (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sparrowhawk Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Peregrine Close | 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 | Middlepark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sparrowhawk Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merryfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkesley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boleyn Way | 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 |
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