Total Crime Rate

580.0 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 580.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 276.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 136.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 28.0 8/10
  • Public order 28.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 20.0 10/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Robbery 16.0 10/10
  • Other crime 8.0 9/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Delph Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 11th 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 Delph Road (DY5 2RP) in the last 12 months was 580.0 per 1,000 residents and was 239.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 3300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 320.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 90.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Delph Road (DY5 2RP), the main crime hotspot is near South Street. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Delph Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (27/27)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bague Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Lower Derry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Lancaster Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lancaster Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson South Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences South Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery A461 Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Anchor Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Anchor Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Anchor Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lower Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lower Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Derry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bottle Kiln Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Derry Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lower Derry Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A461 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary A461 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Crescent Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary A461 Under investigation
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Data Sources

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