Total Crime Rate
141.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Penzer Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 92 local areas in Brockmoor & Pensnett , and the 128th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Penzer Street (DY6 7AA) in the last 12 months was 141.9 per 1,000 residents and was 48.0% higher 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 81.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -25.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Penzer Street (DY6 7AA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Summer Street, where police recorded 47 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Kingswinford North & Wall Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Orchard Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chelsea Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Manor Park | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dunston Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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