Total Crime Rate
74.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Kohima Drive area has the 20th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Lye & Stourbridge North , and the 340th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Kohima Drive (DY8 3SA) in the last 12 months was 74.4 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 59.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Kohima Drive (DY8 3SA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Summer Street, where police recorded 14 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.
View Crime In Wollaston & Stourbridge Town| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beauty Bank Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Charles Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Charles Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summer Street | — |
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