Total Crime Rate

144.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 144.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 68.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Public order 20.0 9/10
  • Drugs 8.0 7/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.0 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Dudley Road area has the 26th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 131st highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Dudley Road (DY3 1TD) in the last 12 months was 144.0 per 1,000 residents and was 6.4% higher than the Castle & Priory average (135.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 88.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dudley Road (DY3 1TD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Limes View, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheatstone Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dudley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Vale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Jockey Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brandon Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jockey Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jockey Field Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wheatstone Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wheatstone Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winterley Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Quarry Brow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Stonepine Place —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Limes View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dudley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Limes View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Limes View —
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Data Sources

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