Total Crime Rate

253.5 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 253.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 42.3 9/10
  • Burglary 31.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.7 10/10
  • Other theft 21.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.1 9/10
  • Robbery 10.6 9/10
  • Drugs 7.0 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.5 5/10
  • Other crime 3.5 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.5 5/10
  • Public order 3.5 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.5 3/10
  • 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

Newland 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.

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Crime Over Time in Newland Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilderic Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilderic Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Avenue Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Avenue Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stourbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Holly Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Croft
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street 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 Hilderic Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Crossgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxton Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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