Total Crime Rate

794.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 794.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 287.2 10/10
  • Public order 203.7 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 142.6 10/10
  • Drugs 85.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.3 7/10
  • Burglary 12.2 9/10
  • Other crime 12.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 2.0 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.
level: zoom:
Map is loading…

Crime overview

Kelvin Way area has the 4th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 11th 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 Kelvin Way (B70 7LE) in the last 12 months was 794.3 per 1,000 residents and was 602.6% 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 141 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -64.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 247 (≈ 503.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 104.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Kelvin Way (B70 7LE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Horton Street, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dawes Avenue (9 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

View Crime In Greets Green and Lyng

Crime Over Time in Kelvin Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (2/2)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Horton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 2 of 2

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right.

↑