Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 4AR
How much crime is recorded in DY8 4AR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hawbush
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,701 (2024)
DY8 4ARStourbridge
How safe is DY8 4AR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 4AR 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
20.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
30
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 4ARNational
Violence and sexual offences11.123.6
Burglary7.89.1
Vehicle crime5.23.5
Criminal damage and arson4.04.7
Other theft2.14.5
Public order1.44.6
Shoplifting1.08.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Robbery0.51.4
Anti-social behaviour0.410.7
Other crime0.41.5
Drugs0.12.4
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.