Crime Rates at Bank Street, Brierley Hill, DY5 3DB

Bank Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 13th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Bank Street (DY5 3DB) in the last 12 months was 560.8 per 1,000 residents and was 256.1% higher 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 139 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 186 (≈ 364.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bank Street (DY5 3DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pearson Street, where police recorded 132 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Police Station (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.