Photo: Bill Boaden · CC BY-SA 2.0More burglary, vehicle crime and damage is recorded per resident in Stourbridge than in 84% of UK towns
Set against the 207 UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more, it has less crime per resident than 79% of them. Behind the grade sit 33.0 violent and sexual offences and 16.1 incidents of burglary, vehicle crime and damage per 1,000 people a year. Recorded violence held steady in a year.
Crimes and reports per 1,000 residents (Census 2021) a year, September 2023 to August 2026.
What stands out about safety in Stourbridge
One ward carries much of the rate
Lye and Stourbridge North ward, where 57% of Stourbridge’s shoplifting and theft is recorded, recorded 1,959 of Stourbridge’s 5,628 violent and sexual offences in three years: 78.4 per 1,000 of its own residents a year. Across the rest of Stourbridge the figure is 25. Where in Stourbridge ↓
Less crime than many places its size
Of 122 UK towns and cities of 40,000 to 77,000 people, Stourbridge has the 40th lowest rate of graded crime: lower than Bognor Regis, Cannock and Shrewsbury, higher than Welwyn Garden City, Bridgend and Eastleigh. Towns its size ↓
Many neighbourhoods rank low for crime nationally
The government’s Indices of Deprivation 2025 rank every neighbourhood in England on recorded crime. 21% of Stourbridge’s residents live in one of the lowest-crime 10%, and 13% in one of the highest-crime 20%. Neighbourhood ranks ↓
Written from the police.uk and government data on this page. Figures are crimes police recorded, not convictions.
How Stourbridge comes out at C−
A firm grade. Built on 8,367 graded crimes over three years. The grade adds violent and sexual offences and crimes against homes and vehicles per resident and ranks Stourbridge against every UK town of 1,000 or more.
Per resident, against all UK towns; beside it, how it compares with towns its size.
What police recorded in the last 12 months
Against the typical town its size, Stourbridge runs highest on possession of weapons (1.4 per 1,000 against 1.1). Drugs and anti-social behaviour sit below it.
Show as a table
| Category | In the grade | Reports | Per 1,000 | Typical |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Violence & sexual offences | Violent | 1,725 | 30.3 | 38.6 |
| Shoplifting | not graded | 536 | 9.4 | 10.3 |
| Vehicle crime | Home & vehicle | 300 | 5.3 | 4.9 |
| Criminal damage & arson | Home & vehicle | 286 | 5 | 7.5 |
| Public order | not graded | 277 | 4.9 | 7.4 |
| Other theft | not graded | 266 | 4.7 | 6.6 |
| Burglary | Home & vehicle | 189 | 3.3 | 3.4 |
| Anti-social behaviour | not graded | 154 | 2.7 | 17.5 |
| Drugs | not graded | 92 | 1.6 | 3.8 |
| Other crime | not graded | 84 | 1.5 | 2.1 |
| Possession of weapons | Violent | 82 | 1.4 | 1.1 |
| Robbery | Violent | 33 | 0.6 | 1.4 |
| Theft from the person | not graded | 23 | 0.4 | 0.7 |
| Bicycle theft | not graded | 6 | 0.1 | 0.9 |
“Violent” is police.uk’s violence and sexual offences (which includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury), robbery and possession of weapons. Anti-social behaviour isn’t a crime category; shoplifting and other theft happen mostly in shops and town centres rather than to residents, so neither counts in the grade.
September 2025 to August 2026, per 1,000 residents. The tick on each bar is the typical (median) town among UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more.
Lowest recorded crime in Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East and Wollaston and Stourbridge Town; highest in Lye and Stourbridge North
| Ward | Residents | Violent | Homes & vehicles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norton | 11,862 | 15.4 | 10.7 | |
| Pedmore and Stourbridge East | 12,291 | 21.8 | 12.3 | |
| Wollaston and Stourbridge Town | 13,430 | 26.5 | 13.1 | |
| Cradley and Wollescote | 6,081 | 33.9 | 14.9 | |
| Amblecote | 4,963 | 41.4 | 19.7 | |
| Lye and Stourbridge North | 8,334 | 78.4 | 32.2 |
| At or near | Reports | Mostly |
|---|---|---|
| Petrol stations | 881 | 63% shoplifting & theft |
| Car parks | 601 | 41% violent |
| Supermarkets | 545 | 67% shoplifting & theft |
| Police stations | 295 | 61% violent |
| Shopping areas | 163 | 55% violent |
| College and university buildings | 62 | 56% violent |
| Nightclubs | 48 | 54% violent |
| Sports and recreation grounds | 46 | 61% violent |
A ward’s rate counts crimes where they happened, not where victims live, so Lye and Stourbridge North records 3.1× the violent crime per resident of the rest of Stourbridge. police.uk places each crime at an anonymous map point; some are named for the kind of place (a supermarket, a car park), and each row adds up every place of that kind in Stourbridge. We show only these, never streets or homes.
Crimes per 1,000 residents a year by council ward (the part of each ward inside Stourbridge’s built-up area), September 2023 to August 2026. Beside it, the public places police.uk named most often.
1 in 5 Stourbridge residents lives in one of England’s lowest-crime neighbourhoods
32% of residents live in the lowest-crime 30% of England’s neighbourhoods, and 13% in the highest-crime 20%. The crime domain scores the risk of violence, burglary, theft and criminal damage where people live, so it can read differently from the town-wide rate, which counts crimes where they happened.
Stourbridge’s residents by the crime decile of their neighbourhood (LSOA, about 1,500 people) in the English Indices of Deprivation 2025 (crime domain), where 1 is the highest-crime 10% of England’s neighbourhoods and 10 the lowest.
Crime in Stourbridge per 1,000 residents
A crime isn’t a victim: one person can report several, and crimes in a town centre often involve visitors rather than residents.
And about 14 burglaries, vehicle crimes or acts of criminal damage, plus 15 shoplifting and theft reports, in the 12 months to August 2026. Each dot is one resident; each coloured dot is one recorded crime.
Of 122 towns its size, Stourbridge is 40th from the least graded crime
| # | Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Shops & theft | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Metropolitan Castlereagh Lisburn and Castlereagh | 58,763 | 14.8 | 6.6 | 7.1 | A− |
| … | ||||||
| 18 | Kingswinford West Midlands | 51,900 | 24.8 | 14.3 | 12.3 | C+ |
| … | ||||||
| 21 | Halesowen West Midlands | 60,103 | 27.2 | 14.9 | 9.9 | C |
| … | ||||||
| 37 | Welwyn Garden City Hertfordshire | 51,504 | 32.8 | 14.5 | 20.1 | C |
| 38 | Bridgend Mid Glamorgan | 51,751 | 38.1 | 10.4 | 12.8 | C− |
| 39 | Eastleigh Hampshire | 48,355 | 37.8 | 10.7 | 12.2 | C− |
| 40 | Stourbridge West Midlands | 56,961 | 33 | 16.1 | 16.3 | C− |
| 41 | Neath West Glamorgan | 40,738 | 39.5 | 9.9 | 9.1 | C− |
| 42 | Salisbury Wiltshire | 47,690 | 34.3 | 15.1 | 16.4 | C− |
| 43 | Weymouth Dorset | 55,540 | 37.7 | 11.7 | 14.5 | C− |
| … | ||||||
| 95 | Tipton West Midlands | 47,202 | 49.1 | 21.6 | 12 | D |
| 96 | Smethwick West Midlands | 56,343 | 51.1 | 20.1 | 10.7 | D |
| … | ||||||
| 122 | Bridgwater Somerset | 47,846 | 76.8 | 18.9 | 29.3 | D− |
Safety letters rank against every UK town of 1,000 or more; the order here is context only.
Graded crime per 1,000 residents a year, September 2023 to August 2026, counting from the least: towns ranked near Stourbridge, and others in West Midlands.
Police in Stourbridge identify a suspect more often than across UK towns
No suspect was identified for 64% of Stourbridge’s burglaries, vehicle crimes and criminal damage, against 69% across UK towns, and for 16% of violent and sexual offences against 19%. Most violent cases close as “unable to prosecute” (74% here), usually because the victim doesn’t support a prosecution. About 5% of violent and 6% of household crimes reached court.
The latest outcome police.uk shows for each crime recorded in the first of the three years (September 2023 to August 2024), so most cases have closed. 3,002 crimes.
How crime in Stourbridge has moved
“Towns its size” pools all UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more that police.uk covers each month (Greater Manchester has no data).
Rolling three-month rate, per 1,000 residents a year. In the 12 months to August 2026 against the 12 before: violent +0% (towns its size +2%), homes and vehicles -15% (towns its size -5%), shoplifting and theft -14% (towns its size -3%), anti-social behaviour -60% (towns its size -2%).
Four people died in collisions on Stourbridge’s roads in 2021–2025
Police recorded 283 collisions with injuries inside Stourbridge in five years, in which four people died (3 were pedestrians). 83 people were killed or seriously injured: 29 on foot and 7 on a bicycle.
That is about what is typical for UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more: at their median rate (1.1 deaths per 100,000 residents a year), a town of Stourbridge’s size would see about 3 in five years. With numbers this small, a death or two either way changes the picture, so Stourbridge’s own rate (1.4) is context, not a ranking.
Counting serious injuries too, Stourbridge had 29.1 people killed or seriously injured per 100,000 residents a year, about the same as the median for UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more (30.3). 35% of them were on foot, against 31% across UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more.
Casualties are counted where the collision happened, not where people lived: a main road through town adds through-traffic, and residents’ own risk on roads elsewhere isn’t here. Seriously injured uses the Department for Transport’s adjusted figures, which even out the police forces’ different ways of recording injuries. There’s no national rate here: more than half of road deaths in England and Wales (58%) happen outside every town’s built-up area. Source: DfT road casualty statistics (STATS19), 2021–2025.
Collisions police recorded inside Stourbridge’s built-up area, 2021–2025. Described here; not part of the Safety Grade.
Crime in the places around Stourbridge
| Town | People | Violent | Homes & vehicles | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stourbridge | 56,961 | 33 | 16.1 | C− |
| Brierley Hill | 32,311 | 47.5 | 22.6 | D |
| Hagley | 7,012 | 13.3 | 8.6 | A− |
| Kingswinford | 51,900 | 24.8 | 14.3 | C+ |
| Cradley Heath | 18,819 | 52.5 | 20.2 | D |
| Halesowen | 60,103 | 27.2 | 14.9 | C |
| Blakedown | 1,448 | 19.6 | 11.1 | B− |
| Kinver | 4,651 | 20.3 | 12.9 | B− |
Stourbridge records more graded crime per resident than 5 of its 7 neighbours; only Brierley Hill and Cradley Heath record more. Hagley, 2.2 miles away, records 13.3 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 residents a year (3-year average), against Stourbridge’s 33.
Per 1,000 residents a year, the same three years. Tap a town for its safety page.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Where crimes happen, not where victims live. police.uk places each crime at a point near where it happened. Town centres with shops, stations, a hospital and nightlife record more crime per resident, and residents of nearby villages who come in to shop or go out are part of that count.
- Bigger towns record more per resident. Across UK towns, recorded crime per resident rises steeply with size, more than in the U.S., so a city’s grade sits low against the whole UK. The “towns its size” figures show where Stourbridge sits among towns like it; they are context and don’t change the grade.
- Points are approximate. police.uk moves each point to the nearest of a set of anonymous map points, so crimes near the edge of the built-up area can fall either side of it.
Questions about safety in Stourbridge
Is Stourbridge safe?
Police recorded 33 violent and sexual offences and 16.1 burglaries, vehicle crimes and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year over the three years to August 2026 (police.uk, inside Stourbridge’s built-up area). That earns a C− for safety: less crime per resident than 22% of UK towns. Among 122 UK towns of 40,000 to 77,000 people, Stourbridge is 40th from the least crime. 21% of residents live in neighbourhoods in England’s lowest-crime 10%.
What are the safest areas of Stourbridge?
By council ward, Norton, Pedmore and Stourbridge East and Wollaston and Stourbridge Town record the least violent and household crime per resident: 15.4, 21.8 and 26.5 violent and sexual offences per 1,000 a year (3-year average), against 78.4 in Lye and Stourbridge North.
Is crime going up in Stourbridge?
In the 12 months to August 2026, against the 12 months before, violent crime held steady, burglary, vehicle crime and damage fell 15%, shoplifting and theft fell 14% and anti-social behaviour fell 60%. Across UK towns and cities of 50,000 or more, violent crime held steady.
What is the most common crime in Stourbridge?
Violence & sexual offences: 1,725 in the 12 months to August 2026, which in police.uk includes harassment, stalking and assault without injury. Next came shoplifting (536) and vehicle crime (300), with 154 reports of anti-social behaviour.
How does Stourbridge compare with Dudley?
Dudley records 61.2 violent and sexual offences and 27 crimes against homes and vehicles per 1,000 residents a year, against Stourbridge’s 33 and 16.1, over the same three years.
Sources: data.police.uk street-level crime, 36 months to August 2026, points inside the built-up-area boundary · ONS Census 2021, output areas summed to the ONS 2022 built-up area · MHCLG English Indices of Deprivation 2025, crime domain by LSOA (residents from ONS Census 2021) · Department for Transport road casualty statistics (STATS19), collisions 2021–2025, points inside the built-up-area boundary · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranked against UK towns only. All under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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