Total Crime Rate

45.2 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 45.2 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.0 5/10
  • Other crime 3.0 3/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Uplands Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 44 local areas in St. James's , and the 456th lowest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Uplands Road (DY2 8BB) in the last 12 months was 45.2 per 1,000 residents and was 72.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Uplands Road (DY2 8BB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lyndale Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redcroft Road (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Uplands Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (3/3)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uplands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathcliff Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Uplands Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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