Total Crime Rate
253.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Newland Grove area has the 13th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 54th highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Newland Grove (DY2 0TN) in the last 12 months was 253.5 per 1,000 residents and was 87.3% higher than the Castle & Priory average (135.3 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 140.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 102.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newland Grove (DY2 0TN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hilderic Crescent (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle & Priory| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilderic Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilderic Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avenue Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avenue Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stourbridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Holly Hall Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilderic Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Highgate Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Crossgate Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
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