Total Crime Rate

125.5 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 125.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 63.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.3 5/10
  • Other theft 10.3 8/10
  • Public order 10.3 7/10
  • Burglary 8.2 8/10
  • Drugs 6.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Other crime 2.1 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Grange 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.

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Crime Over Time in Grange Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lombard Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Richard Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Richard Street South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Lodge Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Osborne Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Osborne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Osborne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Richard Street South Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Wesley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lombard Street West Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Grange Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Grange Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Creed Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution

Data Sources

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