Postcode district · Stourbridge
Crime in DY9
How much crime is recorded in DY9, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Population
- 47,510 (2024)
DY9Postcode district · Stourbridge
How safe is DY9
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 27.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in DY9, 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
27.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
51
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).
DY9National
Violence and sexual offences19.823.6
Shoplifting12.78.4
Burglary10.69.1
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Other theft3.74.5
Public order3.64.6
Vehicle crime3.23.5
Anti-social behaviour3.010.7
Drugs1.52.4
Other crime1.41.5
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Theft from the person0.72.1
Robbery0.71.4
Bicycle theft0.41.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 23% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.