Total Crime Rate
190.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bottle Kiln Rise area has the 6th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Amblecote , and the 76th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bottle Kiln Rise (DY5 2WF) in the last 12 months was 190.9 per 1,000 residents and was 273.7% higher than the Amblecote average (51.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 103.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bottle Kiln Rise (DY5 2WF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 77 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Anchor Hill (16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bottle Kiln Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lancaster Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Willow Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sevendwellings View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sevendwellings View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Silver Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crescent Avenue | Under investigation |
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