Overall crime in Dudley borough has fallen by an extraordinary 30% since the 1 April 2005.
 

The table sets out our performance against the priorities agreed for that period. The achievement in reducing overall crime against the baseline by a full 30% cannot be overstated. As is clear in the figures, the bulk of our success in attaining this performance centred on reducing vehicle crime by over 50%, burglary by nearly 24% and criminal damage by nearly 19%.

Equally pleasing, particularly because of the effect upon victims, was the overall reduction in violent crime by nearly 14%. The only British Crime Survey (BCS) crime type we failed to reduce was theft of pedal cycles, and thankfully, these occur in only very low numbers.

The target for the BCS crime types listed below was a 20% reduction by the end of March 2008.