Total Crime Rate

46.2 per 1,000 5/10 · 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 46.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.2 5/10
  • Burglary 8.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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.
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Crime overview

Vicarage Road West area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Coseley , and the 466th lowest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road West (DY1 4NW) in the last 12 months was 46.2 per 1,000 residents and was 47.7% lower than the Coseley average (88.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -56.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road West (DY1 4NW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sangwin Road (42 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road West area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sangwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sedgley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Fox Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flavell Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Patricia Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patricia Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Patricia Crescent Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bramford Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Wilson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sangwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Sangwin Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sangwin Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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