Total Crime Rate

473.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 473.3 10/10
  • Shoplifting 336.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.7 7/10
  • Robbery 16.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Other theft 10.7 8/10
  • Burglary 5.4 6/10
  • Public order 5.4 5/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.7 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Cross Walks Road area has the highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 17th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cross Walks Road (DY9 8BH) in the last 12 months was 473.3 per 1,000 residents and was 596.9% higher than the Cradley North & Wollescote average (67.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 126 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 85.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cross Walks Road (DY9 8BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Bank, where police recorded 169 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cross Walks Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/43)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hill Bank Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Walks Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Walks Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Summer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Bank —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hill Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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