Total Crime Rate
269.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
169.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Stourbridge Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 46th 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 Stourbridge Road (DY5 1LB) in the last 12 months was 269.8 per 1,000 residents and was 181.5% higher than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 169.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Stourbridge Road (DY5 1LB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Vine Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Netherton & Holly Hall| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Garrat Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Garrat Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Garrat Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vine Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gordon Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gordon Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gordon Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gordon Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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