Total Crime Rate
472.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hollies Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 14th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hollies Street (DY5 4HT) in the last 12 months was 472.0 per 1,000 residents and was 392.4% higher than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 131 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -83.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 31.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollies Street (DY5 4HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hollies Street, where police recorded 147 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chapel Street (23 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 | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Byron Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Albert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hospital | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vicarage Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hollies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hollies Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hollies Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hollies Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel Street | Awaiting court outcome |
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