Total Crime Rate
747.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025High 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 High Street (B70 6NZ) 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 High Street (B70 6NZ), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 146 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 | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Road Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Road North | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Trinity Road North | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Legge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Trinity Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Nicholls Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thynne Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thynne Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burlington Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Boulton Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thynne Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Walsall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Normans Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shintons Square | 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 |
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