Total Crime Rate
107.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Westgate Mews area has the 18th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 311th highest crime rate of 954 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 Westgate Mews (B70 7BJ) in the last 12 months was 107.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 56.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westgate Mews (B70 7BJ), the main crime hotspot is near Hall Street. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 56 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 | Drugs | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hall Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Lyttleton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Bond Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Braybrook Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Hall Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hall Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mount Pleasant Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawes Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Coyne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richard Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richard Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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