Total Crime Rate
60.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hurst Road area has the 34th lowest crime rate of 77 local areas in Coseley , and the 431st highest 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 Hurst Road (WV14 9AA) in the last 12 months was 60.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -72.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hurst Road (WV14 9AA), the main crime hotspot is near Maslin Drive. Police recorded 42 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Coseley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Smith Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Nally Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Upper Ettingshall Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shaw Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Flaxen Field | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxen Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fozdar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fozdar Crescent | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fozdar Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
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