Total Crime Rate
112.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hope Street area has the 34th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 267th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hope Street (B70 6PL) in the last 12 months was 112.2 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% higher than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 52.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hope Street (B70 6PL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Florence Road, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Pavilions (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In West Bromwich Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beeches Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Nicholls Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hope Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hope Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thynne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thynne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Road Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burlington Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Pavilions | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Florence Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Florence Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bagnall Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | The Beeches | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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