Total Crime Rate

106.3 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 106.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.5 8/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Forest Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 200th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Forest Road (DY1 4BB) in the last 12 months was 106.3 per 1,000 residents and was 21.5% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 525.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 87.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 600.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (DY1 4BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Conference/Exhibition Centre, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beech Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4168 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Conference/Exhibition Centre Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Priory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A4168 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A4168 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gervase Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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