Crime Statistics for Dudley, , 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Dudley in October 2024. There were a total of 779 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Dudley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	338
Shoplifting	88
Anti Social Behaviour	72
Criminal Damage Arson	57
Public Order	54
Other Theft	40
Drugs	30
Other Crime	22
Burglary	22
Possession Of Weapons	20
Robbery	20
Vehicle Crime	12
Bicycle Theft	4
All Crime	779

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Dudley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Dudley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Dudley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Dudley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Dudley	619
Eve Hill	410
Hart’s Hill (1.39 miles)	405
Kates Hill (1.24 miles)	386
Burnt Tree (1.24 miles)	373
Tansley Hill (1.39 miles)	308
London Fields (0.62 miles)	291
Gornalwood (1.24 miles)	287
Russells Hall (0.88 miles)	278
Lower Gornal (0.88 miles)	264

Where are the most violent places near Dudley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Dudley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Dudley	338
Eve Hill	174
Gornalwood	169
Hart’s Hill	152
Burnt Tree	149
Russells Hall	140
Kates Hill	139
London Fields	128
Tansley Hill	122
Lower Gornal	116

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Dudley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Dudley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Dudley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Dudley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Residents in Dudley have the highest likelyhood of being a victim of personal crime in the area. The ward with the lowest likelyhood is Wordsley.

#	Ward	Score
1	St Thomas's	66
2	Castle and Priory	60
3	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
4	Brierley Hill	58
5	Brockmoor and Pensnett	58
6	St James's	56
7	Upper Gornal and Woodsetton	54
8	Coseley East	54
9	Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	54
10	Gornal	40
11	Wordsley	26

Which road in Dudley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Dudley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Queen's Cross.