Total Crime Rate
196.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Osborne Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 100th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Osborne Road (B70 8PH) in the last 12 months was 196.9 per 1,000 residents and was 76.6% 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 162.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -11.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Osborne Road (B70 8PH), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 96 crimes here, including 67 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 | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Blacksmith Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Edward Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Edward Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braybrook Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braybrook Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Braybrook Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Victoria Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Victoria Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Victoria Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lombard Street West | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lombard Street West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombard Street West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Lombard Street West | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Moor Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowater Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Acorn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lyng Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | St Johns Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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