Total Crime Rate

2533.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 2533.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1142.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 516.8 10/10
  • Other theft 155.5 10/10
  • Public order 142.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 126.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 113.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 88.2 10/10
  • Drugs 54.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 50.4 10/10
  • Other crime 46.2 10/10
  • Robbery 33.6 10/10
  • Burglary 25.2 10/10
  • Theft from the person 21.0 10/10
  • Bicycle theft 16.8 10/10
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

Columbus Avenue area has the highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 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 Columbus Avenue (DY5 1TW) in the last 12 months was 2533.6 per 1,000 residents and was 1381.8% 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 Shoplifting with 272 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 266.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -48.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 177 (≈ 743.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Columbus Avenue (DY5 1TW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 203 crimes here, including 80 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Columbus Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/32)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robin Hood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robin Hood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Other crime Madison Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Madison Avenue —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Madison Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Madison Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Madison Avenue Local resolution
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Data Sources

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