Postcode · Brierley Hill
Crime in DY5 3BT
How much crime is recorded in DY5 3BT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Amblecote East
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,292 (2024)
DY5 3BTBrierley Hill
How safe is DY5 3BT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 23.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY5 3BT 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
23.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
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 3BTNational
Shoplifting26.78.4
Burglary21.19.1
Violence and sexual offences11.323.6
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Criminal damage and arson2.24.7
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Public order2.04.6
Robbery1.31.4
Other theft1.14.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Theft from the person1.12.1
Drugs0.52.4
Other crime0.21.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 39% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.