Total Crime Rate
125.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Grange Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 229th 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 Grange Road (B70 8PB) in the last 12 months was 125.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.0% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 36 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 35.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Grange Road (B70 8PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 138 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bowater Street (48 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Greets Green and Lyng| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Richard Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Richard Street South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Lodge Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Osborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Osborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Richard Street South | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wesley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Grange Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Bicycle theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Creed Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Local resolution |
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