Total Crime Rate

47.1 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 47.1 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.7 4/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Lickey Road area has the 38th highest crime rate of 107 local areas in Amblecote , and the 473rd lowest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lickey Road (DY8 4UB) in the last 12 months was 47.1 per 1,000 residents and was 4.4% lower than the Amblecote average (49.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lickey Road (DY8 4UB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mount Street, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gooch Close (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lickey Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fitzgerald Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Mount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parkfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gooch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Gooch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Quantock Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stamford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Fitzgerald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fitzgerald Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Mount Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mount Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mount Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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