Total Crime Rate
7.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bells Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Kingswinford South , and the 35th lowest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bells Lane (DY8 5DD) in the last 12 months was 7.7 per 1,000 residents and was 81.3% lower than the Kingswinford South average (41.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bells Lane (DY8 5DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 62 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Haven (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wordsley North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwood Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | The Haven | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | The Haven | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Haden Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ascot Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ashwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashwood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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