Total Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Pritchard Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 105 local areas in Amblecote , and the 219th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Pritchard Street (DY5 3PL) in the last 12 months was 102.2 per 1,000 residents and was 100.2% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 86.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pritchard Street (DY5 3PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leys Crescent, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charlton Street (14 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 | Other theft | Fisher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rookery Avenue | 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 | Other theft | Fisher Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leys Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leys Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Budnam Brook Court | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Budnam Brook Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Budnam Brook Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Pritchard Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charlton Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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