Total Crime Rate

87.5 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 87.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.8 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.4 2/10
  • Burglary 3.4 3/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Shoplifting 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Barn 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.

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Crime Over Time in Barn Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Martley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Barn Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Tile Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tile Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tile Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tile Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tile Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tile Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tile Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Ridge Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodward Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hardwicke Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Holcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodward Place Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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