Total Crime Rate

96.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 96.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 54.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.4 9/10
  • Other crime 11.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.7 4/10
  • Other theft 7.7 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Whitegates Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Coseley , and the 246th highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitegates Road (WV14 8XB) in the last 12 months was 96.5 per 1,000 residents and was 9.1% higher than the Coseley average (88.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 54.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -43.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitegates Road (WV14 8XB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rainbow Street (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Whitegates Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Green Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Higgins Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Garner Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Paul Pursehouse Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rainbow Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Whitegates Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highfields Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Winnall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Greenfield Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Poole Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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