Total Crime Rate
164.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025The Promenade area has the 9th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 109th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Promenade (DY5 2UW) in the last 12 months was 164.2 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% lower 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -70.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 108.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Promenade (DY5 2UW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pearson Street, where police recorded 134 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Little Potter Street (46 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brierley Hill & Wordsley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Potter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Corbett Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Woodbury Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bell Street South | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hill Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pearson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pearson Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pearson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pearson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Pearson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bell Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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