Total Crime Rate

170.1 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 170.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 55.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 26.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.6 9/10
  • Other crime 11.7 10/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Burglary 5.9 6/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Vicarage Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 101st 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 Vicarage Road (DY3 1XT) in the last 12 months was 170.1 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 450.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 64.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (DY3 1XT), the main crime hotspot is near Kent Street. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Askew Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Badger Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Badger Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tenacre Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft B4175 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kent Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Nethergate Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Oval Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Green Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Green Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redwood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Green Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime North Oval Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Kent Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kent Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Oval Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Oval Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Bramble Green Under investigation
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Data Sources

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