Total Crime Rate

107.3 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 107.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.1 6/10
  • Other theft 8.1 7/10
  • Public order 6.1 5/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Robbery 4.1 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Lyttleton Street 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 Lyttleton Street (B70 7SD) 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 Lyttleton Street (B70 7SD), the main crime hotspot is near Bowater Street. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 48 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Emily Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bond Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road 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 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Bowater Street
Sep 2025Other theft Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Possession of weapons Osborne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Horton Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Richard Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barton Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Richard Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emily Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Coyne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richard Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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