Crime Rates at Vicarage Road, Wollaston, Stourbridge, DY8 4QX

Vicarage Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 20 local areas in Wollaston & Stourbridge Town , and the 299th highest crime rate of 1,019 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 Vicarage Road (DY8 4QX) in the last 12 months was 82.4 per 1,000 residents and was 2.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 3 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 175.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 175.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (DY8 4QX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Durham Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.