Total Crime Rate

25.8 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 25.8 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.9 3/10
  • Burglary 4.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 2.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Norfolk Road area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 238th lowest 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 Norfolk Road (DY2 0UG) in the last 12 months was 25.8 per 1,000 residents and was 72.3% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Road (DY2 0UG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wood Street, where police recorded 84 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devon Crescent (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stourbridge 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 2025Anti-social behaviour The Croft
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Buxton Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Crossgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Holly Hall Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Wood Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Suffolk Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Suffolk Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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