Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 5BX
How much crime is recorded in DY8 5BX, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wordsley & Buckpool
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,349 (2024)
DY8 5BXStourbridge
How safe is DY8 5BX
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 18.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 5BX 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
18.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
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 5BXNational
Violence and sexual offences12.923.6
Burglary5.39.1
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Criminal damage and arson2.44.7
Anti-social behaviour1.710.7
Shoplifting1.28.4
Other theft0.64.5
Public order0.64.6
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 37% 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.