Total Crime Rate

101.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

82.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 101.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 82.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Public order 16.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.3 3/10
  • Other crime 5.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Avenue Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 220th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Avenue Road (DY2 0SL) in the last 12 months was 101.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.7% higher than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 82.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Avenue Road (DY2 0SL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Highgate Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Avenue Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crossgate Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Hallchurch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cochrane Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cochrane Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holly Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holly Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary The Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Oakwood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Oakwood Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Oakwood Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Oakwood Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Hallchurch Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Wood Street Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Cochrane Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highgate Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Buxton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Buxton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Buxton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Holly Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Holly Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holly Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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