Postcode · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8 5TT
How much crime is recorded in DY8 5TT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wordsley & Buckpool
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,891 (2024)
DY8 5TTStourbridge
How safe is DY8 5TT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the DY8 5TT area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
25.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
39
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 5TTNational
Violence and sexual offences18.623.6
Burglary12.59.1
Criminal damage and arson5.54.7
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Public order2.94.6
Other theft2.44.5
Anti-social behaviour0.810.7
Other crime0.81.5
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.40.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 15% 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.