Total Crime Rate

321.1 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 321.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 146.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 36.7 8/10
  • Burglary 27.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.4 7/10
  • Drugs 18.4 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 9.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Robbery 9.2 9/10
  • Theft from the person 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other crime 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

Priory Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 32nd 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 Priory Road (DY1 4DS) in the last 12 months was 321.1 per 1,000 residents and was 137.3% higher 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 174.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Road (DY1 4DS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hawthorne Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Priory Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosewood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Rosewood Road —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs A4168 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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