Crime Rates at Edward Street, West Bromwich, B70 8NU

Edward Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 293rd highest crime rate of 951 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 Edward Street (B70 8NU) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 4.0% lower 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 11.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Edward Street (B70 8NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 153 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (76 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.