Total Crime Rate
891.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
463.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paganel Drive area has the highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 4th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Paganel Drive (DY1 4AY) in the last 12 months was 891.3 per 1,000 residents and was 580.2% higher 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 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , up 50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 192 (≈ 463.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paganel Drive (DY1 4AY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Road (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gervase Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gervase Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gervase Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Under investigation |
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