Total Crime Rate

485.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 485.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 362.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.7 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Robbery 10.7 9/10
  • Other theft 8.0 7/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

High Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 16th highest crime rate of 1,019 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 High Street (DY5 4JF) in the last 12 months was 485.3 per 1,000 residents and was 421.6% higher than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (93.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 136 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 94.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around High Street (DY5 4JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hollies Street, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Milton Street (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in High Street area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (25/25)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chapel Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Milton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Milton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Hollies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Byron Street Local resolution
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Church Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hollies Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tennyson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hollies Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Chapel Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elgar Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Belmont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Belmont Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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