Crime Rate in Greets Green and Lyng, ward

Greets Green and Lyng has the 8th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Sandwell district and the 1325th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 110th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Greets Green and Lyng in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.5% higher than the Sandwell district average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Greets Green and Lyng’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 832 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 7 cases , up 40.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -41.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1,096 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Greets Green and Lyng ward, the main local crime hotspot is near A4034. Police recorded 337 crimes here, including 225 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.