Total Crime Rate

106.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 106.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 35.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.3 9/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Other crime 8.2 9/10
  • Other theft 5.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.7 1/10
  • Drugs 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Bank Street area has the 14th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 201st 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 Bank Street (DY9 8TP) in the last 12 months was 106.0 per 1,000 residents and was 56.1% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bank Street (DY9 8TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Bank, where police recorded 169 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Balds Lane (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bank Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balds Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hill Bank Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hill Bank
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balds Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hill Bank Awaiting court outcome
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 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 Cross Walks Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Valley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Crabbe Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Crabbe Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bank Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Careless Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Park Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balds Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Walks Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Hill Bank Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
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

Data Sources

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