Total Crime Rate
75.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Burlington Avenue area has the 17th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 477th highest crime rate of 954 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 Burlington Avenue (B70 6LA) in the last 12 months was 75.2 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -63.6% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Burlington Avenue (B70 6LA), the main crime hotspot is near Green Street. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 41 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagnall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Salters Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Green Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Green Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Bagnall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Salisbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bagnall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bagnall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Road Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thynne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Petrol Station | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nicholls Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thynne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Road North | Local resolution |
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