Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 4AD
How much crime is recorded in DY8 4AD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ashwood
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,546 (2024)
DY8 4ADStourbridge
How safe is DY8 4AD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 4AD area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
22
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).
DY8 4ADNational
Violence and sexual offences12.123.6
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Burglary2.89.1
Criminal damage and arson1.94.7
Other theft1.04.5
Other crime1.01.5
Anti-social behaviour1.010.7
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Drugs0.42.4
Robbery0.01.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 19% 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.