Total Crime Rate

40.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 40.9 4/10
  • Violent crimes 15.7 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.4 2/10
  • Burglary 6.3 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wood Road area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gornal , and the 418th lowest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Road (DY3 2LU) in the last 12 months was 40.9 per 1,000 residents and was 38.2% lower than the Gornal average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Road (DY3 2LU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Prices Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Abbey Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Louise Street
Apr 2026Other theft Hill Crest Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hill Crest Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hill Crest Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brookdale Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Prices Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Prices Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Abbey Street
Apr 2026Robbery Prices Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour New Street
Apr 2026Other theft Boundary Hill Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Prices Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Abbey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Orchard Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Musk Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Musk Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Musk Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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