Total Crime Rate
38.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Delph Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 391st lowest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Delph Road (DY5 2TR) in the last 12 months was 38.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.4% lower than the Brierley Hill & Wordsley South average (157.5 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -86.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Delph Road (DY5 2TR), the main crime hotspot is near The Promenade. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brierley Hill & Wordsley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravensitch Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | The Promenade | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Promenade | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plants Hollow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mill Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Delph Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Corbett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkswell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Nine Locks Ridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Nine Locks Ridge | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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