Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 4ET
How much crime is recorded in DY8 4ET, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hawbush
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,677 (2024)
DY8 4ETStourbridge
How safe is DY8 4ET
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 4ET 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
19.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
41
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 4ETNational
Shoplifting13.58.4
Burglary12.39.1
Violence and sexual offences9.723.6
Vehicle crime4.63.5
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Public order1.74.6
Possession of weapons1.50.9
Other theft1.24.5
Drugs0.92.4
Theft from the person0.92.1
Robbery0.51.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 36% 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.