Total Crime Rate
23.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Farm Road area has the 31st lowest crime rate of 105 local areas in Amblecote , and the 212th lowest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Farm Road (DY5 2XH) in the last 12 months was 23.8 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violent crimes ( -37.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Farm Road (DY5 2XH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Deeley Street, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Blackhorse Lane (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Amblecote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Two Woods Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deeley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravensitch Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bickon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickon Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bickon Drive | Under investigation |
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