Total Crime Rate
163.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cradley Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Netherton & Holly Hall , and the 102nd highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Cradley Road (DY2 9RH) in the last 12 months was 163.6 per 1,000 residents and was 89.5% higher than the Netherton & Holly Hall average (86.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 92.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -24.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cradley Road (DY2 9RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 23 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stoney Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Saltwells Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Pavilion Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pavilion Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fladbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abingdon Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abingdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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