Total Crime Rate

106.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

33.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 106.7 8/10
  • Violent crimes 33.5 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.4 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.3 9/10
  • Burglary 18.3 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Shoplifting 6.1 4/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Thorns Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Lye & Stourbridge North , and the 203rd highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thorns Road (DY5 2LA) in the last 12 months was 106.7 per 1,000 residents and was 39.2% higher than the Lye & Stourbridge North average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 79.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thorns Road (DY5 2LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mears Coppice, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grosvenor Way (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Thorns Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Grosvenor Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Mears Coppice —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Winding Mill North Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Grosvenor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grosvenor Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Grosvenor Way Under investigation
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Data Sources

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