Crime Rate in Great Bridge, ward

Great Bridge has the 5th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Sandwell district and the 1159th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 98th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Great Bridge in the last 12 months was 117.2 per 1,000 residents and was 11.1% higher than the Sandwell district average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Great Bridge’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 678 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 6 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 849 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -2.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Great Bridge ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Supermarket, with 149 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (34 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.