Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 30.5 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Burglary 15.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.1 8/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Lawnsdown Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Lye & Stourbridge North , and the 161st 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 Lawnsdown Road (DY5 2EN) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 47.0% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 160.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lawnsdown Road (DY5 2EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Jury Road, where police recorded 10 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Valley Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lawnsdown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Judge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lynval Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Malpass Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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