Total Crime Rate

131.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 131.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 52.6 8/10
  • Burglary 18.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.5 6/10
  • Other crime 7.5 8/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.8 6/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Drugs 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

Alderwood Rise area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 151st highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Alderwood Rise (DY3 2DY) in the last 12 months was 131.6 per 1,000 residents and was 2.8% 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 Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 26.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Alderwood Rise (DY3 2DY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pale Street, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kinfare Rise (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Alderwood Rise area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Feldspar Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Britannia Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Homestead Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinfare Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pale Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windmill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Windmill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Robert Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Alderwood Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ox Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vale Row Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Fieldstone View Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redstone Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Redstone Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Club Row Under investigation
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Data Sources

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