Total Crime Rate
891.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025New Mill Street area has the highest crime rate of 44 local areas in St. James's , and the 5th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around New Mill Street (DY2 8PB) in the last 12 months was 891.5 per 1,000 residents and was 449.3% higher 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 97 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 69.2% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -68.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 141 (≈ 413.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around New Mill Street (DY2 8PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Street, where police recorded 190 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (81 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Court Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stone Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stone Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stone Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Court Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Court Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Court Passage | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | New Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Stone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stone Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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