Total Crime Rate
100.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025St Marks Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St. James's , and the 226th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Marks Road (DY2 7SD) in the last 12 months was 100.3 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower than the St. James's average (162.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 60.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Marks Road (DY2 7SD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Cypress Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Park Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In St. James's| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Green Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cypress Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cypress Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cypress Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Park Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Iris Close | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Birmingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lupin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lupin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Regent Avenue | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Oakthorpe Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ludlow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Birmingham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollyhock Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | New Birmingham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Red Lion Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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