Total Crime Rate
66.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Butterworth Close area has the 38th highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Coseley , and the 392nd highest crime rate of 1,019 local areas in Dudley .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Butterworth Close (WV14 9AE) in the last 12 months was 66.7 per 1,000 residents and was 24.7% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 300.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 39.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 45.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Butterworth Close (WV14 9AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Maslin Drive, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kossuth Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Coseley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Flaxen Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Flaxen Field | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stretton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stretton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Paul Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kossuth Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Butterworth Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Somerford Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Coppice Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stretton Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mitchell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maslin Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Maslin Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mitchell Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shaw Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maslin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Maslin Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ettingshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ettingshall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Maslin Drive | Under investigation |
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