Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 4QA
How much crime is recorded in DY8 4QA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wollaston
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,370 (2024)
DY8 4QAStourbridge
How safe is DY8 4QA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 21.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 4QA 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
21.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 4QANational
Violence and sexual offences12.323.6
Burglary7.09.1
Shoplifting5.88.4
Vehicle crime4.33.5
Criminal damage and arson3.54.7
Public order3.24.6
Robbery1.71.4
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Other crime0.91.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Other theft0.54.5
Drugs0.52.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 54% 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.