Total Crime Rate
49.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Vincent Crescent area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 287th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Vincent Crescent (B70 0LN) in the last 12 months was 49.4 per 1,000 residents and was 57.9% lower 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 38.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Vincent Crescent (B70 0LN), 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 | New Heart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wedgewood Place | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Poultney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dial Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wedgewood Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvills Hawthorn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvills Hawthorn | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Perry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Thomas Guy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anson Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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