Total Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

90.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 90.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lightwood Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 228th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Lightwood Road (DY1 2RS) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 24.0% lower than the Castle & Priory average (131.0 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 Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 90.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lightwood Road (DY1 2RS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hopton Gardens (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lightwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Newey Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cardoness Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Mayfair Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Mansion Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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