Total Crime Rate

116.1 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 116.1 8/10
  • Shoplifting 74.2 9/10
  • Public order 12.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.7 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.7 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 2/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Meriden Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Wollaston & Stourbridge Town , and the 183rd highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Meriden Avenue (DY8 4QP) in the last 12 months was 116.1 per 1,000 residents and was 44.6% higher than the Wollaston & Stourbridge Town average (80.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 48.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Meriden Avenue (DY8 4QP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Meriden Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eggington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridgnorth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bridgnorth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridgnorth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridgnorth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Bridgnorth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsway Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gladstone Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eggington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Bridgnorth Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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