Total Crime Rate

105.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 105.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.0 3/10
  • Other theft 5.0 5/10
  • Public order 5.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Shoplifting 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 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

Bradford Road area has the 27th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 204th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bradford Road (DY2 0SH) in the last 12 months was 105.5 per 1,000 residents and was 13.4% higher than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (93.1 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 Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 62.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -35.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bradford Road (DY2 0SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vine Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bradford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Crossgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Cochrane Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Cochrane Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakwood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Avenue Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgate Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgate Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Avenue Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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