Total Crime Rate
70.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lindsey Place area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 25 local areas in Brierley Hill & Wordsley South , and the 357th 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 Lindsey Place (DY5 3XB) in the last 12 months was 70.8 per 1,000 residents and was 55.0% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 50.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lindsey Place (DY5 3XB), 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 | Adelaide Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belle Isle | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsty Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mount Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adelaide Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adelaide Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Seagers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsty Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pheasant Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | William Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lindsey Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lindsey Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorsty Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Sion Close | Under investigation |
| 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 | Drugs | The Wickets | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wickets | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Wickets | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
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