Total Crime Rate
36.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Springfield Avenue area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 59 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 355th lowest crime rate of 1,012 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 Springfield Avenue (DY9 8XU) in the last 12 months was 36.3 per 1,000 residents and was 37.0% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 18.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Springfield Avenue (DY9 8XU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hill Bank, where police recorded 118 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Union Street (61 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cradley North & Wollescote| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Union Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Walks | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Summer Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Summer Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summer Street | Under investigation |
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