Total Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leys Road area has the 7th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 446th 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 Leys Road (DY5 3UR) in the last 12 months was 59.0 per 1,000 residents and was 62.5% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leys Road (DY5 3UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Leys Crescent, 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 | Drugs | The Wickets | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Campbell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Foot Drive | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wickets | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wickets | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | 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 | Other crime | B4180 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4180 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Leys Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Cressett Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
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