Total Crime Rate
58.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Broad Street area has the 43rd lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 449th highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Broad Street (DY5 4DH) in the last 12 months was 58.8 per 1,000 residents and was 36.8% lower than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (93.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -64.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 24.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Broad Street (DY5 4DH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commonside, where police recorded 50 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Birbeck Place (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brockmoor & Pensnett| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Consort Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Primrose Park | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Blewitt Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redfly Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Redfly Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Swan Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Thames Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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