Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 5EF
How much crime is recorded in DY8 5EF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Ashwood
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,134 (2024)
DY8 5EFStourbridge
How safe is DY8 5EF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 17.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 5EF 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
17.0
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 5EFNational
Shoplifting14.38.4
Violence and sexual offences12.623.6
Burglary5.29.1
Criminal damage and arson2.84.7
Vehicle crime1.63.5
Public order0.94.6
Robbery0.81.4
Other theft0.74.5
Drugs0.52.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Anti-social behaviour0.310.7
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
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20
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.