Total Crime Rate
63.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025King Street area has the 29th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 417th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around King Street (DY9 8UT) in the last 12 months was 63.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.8% lower than the Cradley North & Wollescote average (67.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -61.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around King Street (DY9 8UT), 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.
View Crime In Cradley North & Wollescote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hill Bank | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Union Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Brook Holloway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Summer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Careless Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Crabbe Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | High Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vicarage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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