Total Crime Rate
40.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norfolk Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 417th lowest crime rate of 1,012 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 40.8 per 1,000 residents and was 57.5% lower 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 125.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 125.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.8% 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 53 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Devon Crescent (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Suffolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suffolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Suffolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Suffolk Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crossgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Buxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Buxton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cambridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossgate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Buxton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crossgate Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Hall Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Wood Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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