Total Crime Rate
314.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Moor Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 38th 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 Moor Street (B70 7AZ) in the last 12 months was 314.7 per 1,000 residents and was 178.4% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 194.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moor Street (B70 7AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 80 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall Street (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Greets Green and Lyng| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Lombard Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Horton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Moor Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowater Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braybrook Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyttleton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Edward Street | Under investigation |
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