Total Crime Rate
118.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
55.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brickhouse Lane area has the 36th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 236th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Brickhouse Lane (B70 0EA) in the last 12 months was 118.8 per 1,000 residents and was 1.4% higher than the Great Bridge average (117.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 55.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 24.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brickhouse Lane (B70 0EA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Marmion Way, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Vincent Crescent (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wednesbury South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Brickhouse Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brickhouse Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dial Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wedgewood Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Perry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wedgewood Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Guy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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