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Crime in DY5 2
The DY5 2 postcode sector, in the DY (Dudley) postcode area, with most records published by West Midlands Police.
Updated October 2026.
Police published 929 street-crime records for DY5 2 from September 2025 to August 2026. That is 2.8% more than in the 12 months before. The rate is 68.2 per 1,000 residents counted in the Census 2021, against 110.5 for West Midlands Police. A residents-only rate reads high where many people visit. Police locations are approximate.
September 2025 to August 2026. Street-crime records include anti-social behaviour.
Street-crime records
929
Share of DY5
19.1%
Year-on-year
+2.8%
DY5 2 holds 19.1% of the 4,852 records assigned to DY5 in the same window.
Month-by-month totals
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Month
Street-crime records
September 2025
69
October 2025
78
November 2025
72
December 2025
74
January 2026
69
February 2026
66
March 2026
72
April 2026
81
May 2026
91
June 2026
93
July 2026
88
August 2026
76
Street-crime records per 1,000 residents
Published street-crime records (including anti-social behaviour), September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 usual residents in the Census 2021.
DY5 2
68.2
West Midlands Police
110.5
929 records and 13,614 residents. Residents-only rates overstate crime where many people visit who do not live there, such as city centres, stations, and retail parks. Residents are counted at March 2021 while records are current, so areas with many newer homes can read higher.
No England and Wales comparison is shown, because not every force involved has published every month of this window.
Rates cover England and Wales only. Residents: Office for National Statistics, Census 2021 postcode estimates, Open Government Licence v3.0. How rates are built.
Category mix compared
Each column is a share of that area's own records in the same window, so areas of different sizes compare fairly. Force: West Midlands Police.
Category
DY5 2
DY5
Force
Violence and sexual offences
43.8%
38.4%
42.2%
Shoplifting
11.9%
20.1%
10.1%
Vehicle crime
8.2%
6.9%
8.5%
Criminal damage and arson
7.6%
7.4%
8.2%
Burglary
7.4%
5.1%
4.4%
Public order
4.5%
5.1%
6.1%
Other theft
4.4%
4.9%
6.1%
Other crime
2.8%
2.0%
1.9%
Year by year
Calendar-year totals for DY5 2 (December 2013 to August 2026).
Year
Street-crime records
2021
664
2022
1,201
2023
1,042
2024
973
2025
922
2026 (part year)
636
Limits to keep in mind
Published locations are approximate; they are snapped to anonymous map points before release, and each record is assigned to a sector by its nearest postcode. A sector is small, so counts near its edges are indicative.
These are counts of published police records, not all crime, and not a safety score.
Covers 100.0% of the 13,614 Census 2021 residents of DY5 2.
England: English Indices of Deprivation 2025
Of these residents in England, 16.5% live in the most deprived 20% of England's neighbourhoods and 20.8% in the least deprived 20%.
13%1
4%2
2%3
12%4
33%5
3%6
3%7
9%8
12%9
9%10
Share of residents in each decile, from 1 (most deprived) to 10 (least deprived) of England's small areas. Shares are rounded, so they may not total 100%.
Deciles rank neighbourhoods within one nation, so English and Welsh deciles don't compare. They describe areas, not the people living in them, and crime is one of the things the index measures, so this mix partly overlaps the crime figures above. How this is built.
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