Crime Rates at The Portway, Kingswinford, DY6 8HW

The Portway area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Kingswinford South , and the 62nd lowest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Portway (DY6 8HW) in the last 12 months was 10.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.3% lower than the Kingswinford South average (37.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 128.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Portway (DY6 8HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elm Road, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Standhills Road (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.