Total Crime Rate
89.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
66.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 264th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 High Street (DY9 8NF) in the last 12 months was 89.6 per 1,000 residents and was 55.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 66.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -28.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -83.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (DY9 8NF), the main crime hotspot is near Hill Bank. Police recorded 118 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Lye & Stourbridge North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Fletcher Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Sandpiper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crabbe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Crabbe Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Love Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stocking Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stocking Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
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