Total Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 99.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.0 10/10
  • Other theft 4.5 4/10
  • Public order 4.5 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 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
  • 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Dibdale Road area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 232nd 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 Dibdale Road (DY1 2RX) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 26.4% lower than the Castle & Priory average (135.3 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 Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 90.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 90.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 81.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dibdale Road (DY1 2RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 68 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Occupation Street (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dibdale Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Traquain Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Traquain Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denbigh Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Limepit Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitehall Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Occupation Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Corser Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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