Total Crime Rate
60.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
30.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rookery Avenue area has the 31st highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Amblecote , and the 433rd highest 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 Rookery Avenue (DY5 3NN) in the last 12 months was 60.4 per 1,000 residents and was 18.2% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 30.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rookery Avenue (DY5 3NN), the main crime hotspot is near Lower Valley Road. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brierley Hill & Wordsley South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lower Valley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yorke Avenue | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lower Valley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorke Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pritchard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westwood Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawbush Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yorke Avenue | Under investigation |
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