Total Crime Rate

145.2 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

107.9 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 145.2 9/10
  • Violent crimes 107.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 99.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.5 9/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bridgnorth Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Lye & Stourbridge North , and the 121st 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 Bridgnorth Road (DY8 3QA) in the last 12 months was 145.2 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% higher than the Lye & Stourbridge North average (76.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 107.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bridgnorth Road (DY8 3QA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lowndes Road (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bridgnorth Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Maypole Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Summer Street
Apr 2026Other theft Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beauty Bank Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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