Total Crime Rate

50.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Public order 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Severn Drive area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 507th 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 Severn Drive (DY5 4QS) in the last 12 months was 50.8 per 1,000 residents and was 45.4% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Severn Drive (DY5 4QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Weaver Close, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gibbons Lane (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Severn Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (14/14)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Thames Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hamble Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Corbyns Hall Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bridgend Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bridgend Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamble Close —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gibbons Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Clyde Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Clyde Mews Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Clyde Mews Under investigation
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Data Sources

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