Total Crime Rate
116.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
65.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Gloucester Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Netherton & Holly Hall , and the 171st 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 Gloucester Road (DY2 9RT) in the last 12 months was 116.5 per 1,000 residents and was 35.0% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 65.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gloucester Road (DY2 9RT), the main crime hotspot is near Chester Road. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Durham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Exeter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tewkesbury Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bodmin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gloucester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Abingdon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Abingdon Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fladbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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