Total Crime Rate

129.5 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 129.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Burglary 7.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.2 9/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

The Broadway area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 154th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Broadway (DY1 3DW) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 4.3% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -5.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 79.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 36.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Broadway (DY1 3DW), the main crime hotspot is near Celandine Road. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Broadway area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marigold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodsorrel Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harebell Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopton Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harebell Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Marigold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Marigold Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Traquain Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Traquain Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marigold Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Marigold Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery The Broadway Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celandine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Celandine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garrick Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Burton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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