Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
62.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Paul Pursehouse Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Coseley , and the 186th highest crime rate of 1,012 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 Paul Pursehouse Road (WV14 0SE) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 25.0% higher than the Coseley average (89.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 62.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 58.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Paul Pursehouse Road (WV14 0SE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rainbow Street, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Whitegates Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coseley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Billau Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rounds Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Park/Open Space | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Udall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Udall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Cannon Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Davies Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montagu Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Garner Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paul Pursehouse Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montagu Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Billau Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitegates Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Whitegates Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rainbow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rainbow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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