Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 5NT
How much crime is recorded in DY8 5NT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wordsley & Buckpool
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,750 (2024)
DY8 5NTStourbridge
How safe is DY8 5NT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 5NT area, 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
24.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
59
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 5NTNational
Shoplifting22.48.4
Violence and sexual offences15.723.6
Burglary8.09.1
Criminal damage and arson5.64.7
Vehicle crime3.53.5
Public order1.94.6
Possession of weapons1.80.9
Other crime1.81.5
Other theft1.74.5
Anti-social behaviour1.010.7
Robbery1.01.4
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 40% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.