Crime Rate in St Pauls, ward

St Pauls has the 12th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Sandwell district and the 2004th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 190th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in St Pauls in the last 12 months was 93.8 per 1,000 residents and was 11.7% lower than the Sandwell district average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, St Pauls’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 790 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 143.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -40.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 992 (≈ 54.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -13.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the St Pauls ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Halfords Lane, with 150 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Parking Area (68 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.