Postcode district · Brierley Hill
Crime in DY5
How much crime is recorded in DY5, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 60,274 (2024)
DY5Postcode district · Brierley Hill
How safe is DY5
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in DY5, 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
36.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
66
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).
DY5National
Violence and sexual offences26.023.6
Shoplifting15.48.4
Burglary12.79.1
Criminal damage and arson4.84.7
Vehicle crime4.83.5
Public order3.54.6
Other theft3.44.5
Anti-social behaviour2.110.7
Drugs2.02.4
Robbery1.41.4
Other crime1.41.5
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Theft from the person0.52.1
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 26% 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.