Total Crime Rate

141.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 141.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.7 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other theft 8.7 7/10
  • Burglary 5.8 6/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Robbery 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Providence Industrial Estate area has the 8th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 136th 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 Providence Industrial Estate (DY9 8HQ) in the last 12 months was 141.6 per 1,000 residents and was 108.5% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 83.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Providence Industrial Estate (DY9 8HQ), the main crime hotspot is near Union Street. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 57 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Providence Industrial Estate area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Clinic Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clinic Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Walks Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mears Coppice Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mears Coppice Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Mears Coppice Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Walks Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Clinic Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Church Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Union Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences 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 2025Possession of weapons Union Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Union Street

Data Sources

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