Total Crime Rate

60.3 per 1,000 6/10 · 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 60.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.7 6/10
  • Burglary 9.5 8/10
  • Other theft 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Hunts Mill Drive area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Castle & Priory , and the 437th highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Hunts Mill Drive (DY5 4TR) in the last 12 months was 60.3 per 1,000 residents and was 55.4% lower than the Castle & Priory average (135.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 15.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hunts Mill Drive (DY5 4TR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Huntsmill Drive, where police recorded 7 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whinberry Rise (2 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hunts Mill Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cassandra Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barratts Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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