Total Crime Rate
217.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
101.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 6th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Coseley , and the 62nd highest crime rate of 1,012 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 High Street (DY3 1RL) in the last 12 months was 217.4 per 1,000 residents and was 142.1% higher than the Coseley average (89.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 101.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DY3 1RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitesmiths Close (53 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Sedgley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitesmiths Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitesmiths Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dudley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dudley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | High Park Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppy Fields | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Poppy Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppy Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppy Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ettymore Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ettymore Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poppy Fields | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Whitesmiths Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Fairhills | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brick Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Uplands Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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