Total Crime Rate
11.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bell Street area has the lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 66th 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 Bell Street (DY5 3EU) in the last 12 months was 11.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.7% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bell Street (DY5 3EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Little Potter Street, where police recorded 126 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.
View Crime In Brierley Hill & Wordsley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A461 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A461 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A461 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Derry Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Derry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Little Potter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Police Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | South Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derry Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derry Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Derry Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Promenade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Potter Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Little Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little Potter Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Potter Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Potter Street | Under investigation |
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