Total Crime Rate

254.1 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 254.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 179.2 10/10
  • Other theft 16.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 16.3 4/10
  • Other crime 9.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.5 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
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

Nottingham Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Lye & Stourbridge North , and the 52nd highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nottingham Way (DY5 1UH) in the last 12 months was 254.1 per 1,000 residents and was 198.8% higher than the Lye & Stourbridge North average (85.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 55 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nottingham Way (DY5 1UH), 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 Nottingham Way area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4100 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs The Boulevard Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime The Boulevard Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Sherwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sun Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4100 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A4100 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Boulevard
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robin Hood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Nottingham Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Robin Hood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Boulevard
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nottingham Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Honister Close

Data Sources

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