Postcode · Dudley
Crime in DY2 7ER
How much crime is recorded in DY2 7ER, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dixons Green
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,785 (2024)
DY2 7ERDudley
How safe is DY2 7ER
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 23.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY2 7ER area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
23.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
DY2 7ERNational
Violence and sexual offences17.123.6
Burglary4.39.1
Vehicle crime3.93.5
Public order2.44.6
Criminal damage and arson2.34.7
Other theft1.04.5
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Robbery0.41.4
Drugs0.42.4
Anti-social behaviour0.110.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 43% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.