Total Crime Rate
70.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
34.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 46th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 362nd highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around High Street (DY5 3JA) in the last 12 months was 70.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.8% lower than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -5.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DY5 3JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lindsey Place, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pheasant Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brockmoor & Pensnett| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Foot Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsty Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4179 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | B4179 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsty Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindsey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsty Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wickets | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Wickets | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Campbell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Isle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Station Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lindsey Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | B4180 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4180 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wickets | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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