Total Crime Rate

118.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

75.0 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 118.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 75.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.6 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 37.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Forest Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 165th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.4% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 75.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Road (DY1 4BB), the main crime hotspot is near Conference/Exhibition Centre. Police recorded 28 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (24/24)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shrewsbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Castle Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Oak Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oak Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Castle Mill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Woodland Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Gervase Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somery Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gervase Drive Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Gervase Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Somery Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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