Total Crime Rate

73.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 73.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 48.7 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Public order 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Lilac Road area has the 59th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 353rd highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Lilac Road (DY1 4ES) in the last 12 months was 73.0 per 1,000 residents and was 46.0% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 50.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lilac Road (DY1 4ES), the main crime hotspot is near Beech Road. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Castle & Priory

Crime Over Time in Lilac Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Hawthorne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A4168 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime A4168 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Priory Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lilac Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Webley Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cedar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4168 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bluebell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Elm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodland Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bluebell Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes Road Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.