Total Crime Rate
294.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
202.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moor Street area has the 8th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 45th 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 Moor Street (B70 7AS) in the last 12 months was 294.1 per 1,000 residents and was 163.8% higher than the Greets Green and Lyng average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 69 (≈ 202.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moor Street (B70 7AS), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 312 crimes here, including 192 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Braybrook Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blacksmith Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braybrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braybrook Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dora Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moor Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turks Headway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charity Bick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Charity Bick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Charity Bick Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Horton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Southwell Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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