Total Crime Rate

21.7 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

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 21.7 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 12.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Lyttleton Street area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 66th lowest 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 Lyttleton Street (B70 7SB) in the last 12 months was 21.7 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 1.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lyttleton Street (B70 7SB), 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 Lyttleton Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawes Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Hall Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Horton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowater Street
Sep 2025Drugs Bowater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bowater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Bowater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowater Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lyttleton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Moor Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Braybrook Crescent Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Osborne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Richard Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richard Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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