Total Crime Rate
254.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Nottingham 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.
View Crime In Lye & Stourbridge North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A4100 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | The Boulevard | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | The Boulevard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sherwood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sun Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A4100 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A4100 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Hood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Nottingham Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Robin Hood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | The Boulevard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Nottingham Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Honister Close | — |
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