Total Crime Rate
132.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Peak Drive area has the 30th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 147th 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 Peak Drive (DY3 2DL) in the last 12 months was 132.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.0% lower 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 53.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Peak Drive (DY3 2DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Peak Drive, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chiltern Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle & Priory| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Yorkdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Chiltern Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorkdale Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Robert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sudeley Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Peak Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Peak Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peak Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Peak Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corncrake Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chiltern Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Milking Bank | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Deepdale Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elan Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stokesay Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Deepdale Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hendon Close | Under investigation |
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