Crime Statistics for Cradley, Dudley, Dudley, 2024

There were a total of 129 street level crime incidents in Cradley in February 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Criminal Damage Arson.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Cradley, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	71
Criminal Damage Arson	16
Vehicle Crime	12
Burglary	7
Anti Social Behaviour	6
Other Theft	4
Public Order	4
Possession Of Weapons	3
Drugs	2
Other Crime	2
Robbery	1
Shoplifting	1
All Crime	129

Map of street level crime incidents in February 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Cradley. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Cradley

We've taken the ten nearest places to Cradley and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Cradley has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Brierley Hill (1.75 miles)	304
Dudley Wood (1.24 miles)	219
Bowling Green (1.24 miles)	219
Cradley Heath (0.62 miles)	172
Haden Cross (1.39 miles)	163
Short Cross (1.24 miles)	158
Belle Vale (0.62 miles)	137
Cradley	129
Hasbury (0.88 miles)	101
Halesowen (0.88 miles)	101

Where are the most violent places near Cradley?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Cradley and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Brierley Hill	107
Dudley Wood	99
Bowling Green	99
Cradley Heath	88
Haden Cross	79
Cradley	71
Short Cross	65
Belle Vale	65
Hasbury	49
Halesowen	49

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Cradley?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Cradley to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Cradley compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Cradley and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Cradley is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rowley	67
2	Cradley Heath and Old Hill	57
3	Blackheath	56
4	Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	54
5	Lye and Stourbridge North	50
6	Cradley and Wollescote	50
7	Halesowen North	48
8	Pedmore and Stourbridge East	40
9	Amblecote	39
10	Belle Vale	34
11	Hayley Green and Cradley South	21

Which road in Cradley has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Cradley with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Barnswood Close.