Total Crime Rate
87.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Barn Close area has the 19th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Lye & Stourbridge North , and the 281st highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Barn Close (DY9 7PB) in the last 12 months was 87.5 per 1,000 residents and was 3.0% higher than the Lye & Stourbridge North average (85.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -48.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Barn Close (DY9 7PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tile Croft, where police recorded 174 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Malvern Avenue (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lye & Stourbridge North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Martley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Tile Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tile Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tile Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tile Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tile Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tile Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tile Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Ridge Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodward Place | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hardwicke Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Holcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodward Place | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
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