Crime Rate in Great Bridge, ward

Great Bridge has the 4th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Sandwell district and the 1200th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 90th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Great Bridge in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 10.9% higher than the Sandwell district average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Great Bridge’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 672 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 35.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -47.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 868 (≈ 51.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Great Bridge ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 101 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Ferguson Drive (30 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.