Total Crime Rate
747.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bull Street area has the 5th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 13th highest crime rate of 954 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 Bull Street (B70 6EU) in the last 12 months was 747.2 per 1,000 residents and was 560.9% higher than the Greets Green and Lyng average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 138 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 146.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -31.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 182 (≈ 258.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( -1.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bull Street (B70 6EU), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 224 crimes here, including 65 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Greets Green and Lyng| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shintons Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Road North | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Normans Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normans Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normans Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normans Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Normans Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Normans Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Legge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | New Street North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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