Crime Rates at Crabbe Street, Lye, Stourbridge, DY9 8UP

Crabbe Street 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 Crabbe Street (DY9 8UP) 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 Crabbe Street (DY9 8UP), 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.