Total Crime Rate

75.6 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 75.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.4 5/10
  • Other theft 14.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Robbery 5.6 7/10
  • Burglary 2.8 2/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Bowling Green Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Netherton & Holly Hall , and the 334th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowling Green Road (DY2 9LZ) in the last 12 months was 75.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower than the Netherton & Holly Hall average (90.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowling Green Road (DY2 9LZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chester Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bowling Green Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowling Green Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Durham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowling Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Exeter Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary The Beck Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Magpie Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Evesham Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Taylor Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mildred Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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