Total Crime Rate
283.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
139.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Abbey Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 29 local areas in Gornal , and the 41st highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Abbey Street (DY3 2ND) in the last 12 months was 283.8 per 1,000 residents and was 329.0% higher than the Gornal average (66.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 60.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 139.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 24.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbey Street (DY3 2ND), 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.
View Crime In Dudley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Prices Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Prices Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Summer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Summer Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Prices Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ash Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Prices Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brookdale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Boundary Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Musk Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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