Postcode · Brierley Hill
Crime in DY5 2AB
How much crime is recorded in DY5 2AB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Quarry Bank
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,782 (2024)
DY5 2ABBrierley Hill
How safe is DY5 2AB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY5 2AB area, broadly in line with 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
32.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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).
DY5 2ABNational
Violence and sexual offences23.323.6
Burglary8.89.1
Vehicle crime4.93.5
Public order2.24.6
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Other theft2.04.5
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Drugs1.42.4
Theft from the person1.32.1
Other crime1.11.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Shoplifting0.68.4
Robbery0.41.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 39% 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.