Total Crime Rate
197.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
124.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ebenezer Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 99th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Ebenezer Street (B70 0PF) in the last 12 months was 197.8 per 1,000 residents and was 68.8% 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 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 124.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ebenezer Street (B70 0PF), 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 | Public order | Hawthorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hawkestone Crescent | 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 | York Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Vincent Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Dial Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meyrick Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkestone Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poultney Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebenezer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ebenezer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Perry Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Norbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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