Total Crime Rate

53.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 53.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.1 8/10
  • Drugs 5.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Woodside Road area has the 47th lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 491st highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodside Road (DY2 0UF) in the last 12 months was 53.5 per 1,000 residents and was 60.5% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 216.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodside Road (DY2 0UF), the main crime hotspot is near Woodstock Close. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodside Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Crossgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stourbridge Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstock Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Scotts Green Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilderic Crescent Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilderic Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilderic Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Holly Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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