Total Crime Rate
62.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Albert Street area has the 26th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 410th highest 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 Albert Street (DY9 8AG) in the last 12 months was 62.9 per 1,000 residents and was 9.3% higher than the Cradley North & Wollescote average (57.5 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Albert Street (DY9 8AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Bank, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Lye & Stourbridge North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Morvale Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Glade | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Morvale Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
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