Total Crime Rate

98.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

54.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 98.0 8/10
  • Violent crimes 54.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 49.0 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.9 7/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Hackett Drive area has the 41st highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 236th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hackett Drive (DY1 4FE) in the last 12 months was 98.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.2% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hackett Drive (DY1 4FE), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Hackett Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Oak Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Castle Mill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Under investigation
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Webley Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Castle Mill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beech Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shrewsbury Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Elm Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Webley Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Alexandra Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oak Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Oak Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hawthorne Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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