Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 4XR
How much crime is recorded in DY8 4XR, 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 4XRStourbridge
How safe is DY8 4XR
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 4XR 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
Recorded offences per 1,000 people a year (counting both residents and people who work locally, or per 1,000 households for burglary).
DY8 4XRNational
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.