Crime Rate in Princes End, ward

Princes End has the 10th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Sandwell district and the 1677th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 159th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Princes End in the last 12 months was 99.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% lower than the Sandwell district average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Princes End’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 755 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 35.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -24.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 895 (≈ 60.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Princes End ward, the main local crime hotspot is near Rushmere Road. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All of these hotspots lie within roughly 0.3 miles.