Total Crime Rate
375.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pedmore Road area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 22nd highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Pedmore Road (DY2 0RP) in the last 12 months was 375.4 per 1,000 residents and was 291.6% higher than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -43.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 41 (≈ 126.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 32.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pedmore Road (DY2 0RP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakwood Crescent (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakwood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwood Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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