Total Crime Rate
69.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chestnut Avenue area has the 62nd lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 370th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chestnut Avenue (DY1 4BJ) in the last 12 months was 69.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.4% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chestnut Avenue (DY1 4BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Beech Road. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bluebell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beech Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Webley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Somery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodland Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oak Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Mill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Castle Mill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alexandra Place | Under investigation |
| 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 | 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodland Avenue | Under investigation |
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