Total Crime Rate

86.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 86.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

The School Drive area has the 20th highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St. James's , and the 288th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around The School Drive (DY2 8EH) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 31.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 70.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The School Drive (DY2 8EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Buffery Road, where police recorded 26 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The School Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grainger Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The School Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clarence Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Abbey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Abbey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour St Georges Road —
Sep 2025Public order Warrens Hall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Buffery Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilburn Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Summerfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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