Total Crime Rate

75.9 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 75.9 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.4 3/10
  • Burglary 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 2.7 2/10
  • Other theft 2.7 1/10
  • Public order 2.7 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.7 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bache Street area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 472nd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bache Street (B70 7EJ) in the last 12 months was 75.9 per 1,000 residents and was 32.9% 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 59.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bache Street (B70 7EJ), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bache Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fore Draft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mount Pleasant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Hall Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hall Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Horton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hall Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bache Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parliament Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spon Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Bache Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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