Postcode district · Stourbridge
Crime in DY8
How much crime is recorded in DY8, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 66,884 (2024)
DY8Postcode district · Stourbridge
How safe is DY8
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in DY8, 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
24.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
40
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).
DY8National
Violence and sexual offences17.223.6
Shoplifting8.78.4
Burglary7.39.1
Vehicle crime3.43.5
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Public order2.64.6
Other theft2.44.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Drugs1.02.4
Other crime0.81.5
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Robbery0.61.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.