Postcode · Kingswinford
Crime in DY6 8SR
How much crime is recorded in DY6 8SR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Pensett & Kingswinford East
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,235 (2024)
DY6 8SRKingswinford
How safe is DY6 8SR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY6 8SR area, well 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
21.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
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).
DY6 8SRNational
Burglary17.49.1
Violence and sexual offences11.223.6
Vehicle crime4.13.5
Criminal damage and arson1.74.7
Shoplifting0.98.4
Other theft0.94.5
Other crime0.51.5
Robbery0.51.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Anti-social behaviour0.110.7
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 17% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.