Total Crime Rate

130.4 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 130.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 62.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.4 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.3 10/10
  • Burglary 6.2 6/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Other theft 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Grove Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Cradley North & Wollescote , and the 152nd highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Grove Road (DY9 9AE) in the last 12 months was 130.4 per 1,000 residents and was 92.1% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 14.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Grove Road (DY9 9AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Ashfield Crescent, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Grove Road (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Grove Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ashfield Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Ashfield Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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