Postcode · Dudley
Crime in DY2 8ST
How much crime is recorded in DY2 8ST, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Dixons Green
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,934 (2024)
DY2 8STDudley
How safe is DY2 8ST
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 40.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY2 8ST area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
40.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
105
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 8STNational
Shoplifting45.88.4
Violence and sexual offences32.723.6
Criminal damage and arson7.04.7
Vehicle crime4.83.5
Burglary4.79.1
Other theft4.04.5
Public order2.64.6
Drugs2.02.4
Other crime1.51.5
Robbery1.21.4
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Theft from the person0.72.1
Anti-social behaviour0.310.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 42% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.