Total Crime Rate
603.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Dudley Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 10th 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 Dudley Road (DY5 1LG) in the last 12 months was 603.9 per 1,000 residents and was 253.2% higher than the Brierley Hill & Wordsley South average (171.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 134 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 186 (≈ 364.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -23.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dudley Road (DY5 1LG), the main crime hotspot is near Waterfront West. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 68 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brierley Hill & Wordsley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfront West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfront West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ullswater Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Terrace Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Dudley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dudley Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfront West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waterfront West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterfront West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterfront West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterfront West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Gordon Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Gordon Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterfront West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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