Total Crime Rate

99.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 99.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.8 8/10
  • Other crime 12.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.3 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Caslon Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Norton , and the 231st highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Caslon Crescent (DY8 3EZ) in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 118.9% higher than the Norton average (45.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 58.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Caslon Crescent (DY8 3EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Caslon Crescent, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lyttelton Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Caslon Crescent area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morning Pines Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morning Pines Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rosemary Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morning Pines Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Manor Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Gigmill Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Gigmill Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Caslon Crescent Under investigation
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Data Sources

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