Total Crime Rate
65.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Haywharf Road area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 392nd 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 Haywharf Road (DY5 4PG) in the last 12 months was 65.8 per 1,000 residents and was 31.3% lower than the Brockmoor & Pensnett average (95.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Haywharf Road (DY5 4PG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Commonside, where police recorded 76 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birbeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haywharf Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birbeck Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heydon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Commonside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryce Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Nook | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haywharf Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birbeck Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birbeck Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bryce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bryce Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birbeck Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiled House Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fairgreen Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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