Total Crime Rate
117.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
68.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dartmouth Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 243rd highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Dartmouth Street (B70 8GH) in the last 12 months was 117.7 per 1,000 residents and was 5.5% higher than the Greets Green and Lyng average (111.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 68.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dartmouth Street (B70 8GH), the main crime hotspot is near Grange Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 25 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adams Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelbeech Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oak Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Guns Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dartmouth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dartmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Creed Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lambert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lambert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert End | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lambert End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Acorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert End | Under investigation |
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