Total Crime Rate

603.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 603.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 161.1 10/10
  • Shoplifting 125.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 60.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 48.1 10/10
  • Public order 43.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 40.9 10/10
  • Other theft 31.3 10/10
  • Burglary 28.9 10/10
  • Robbery 21.6 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.4 10/10
  • Drugs 12.0 9/10
  • Other crime 7.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.8 7/10
  • Theft from the person 4.8 6/10
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

St Georges Place area has the 6th highest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 16th highest crime rate of 954 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 St Georges Place (B70 8RZ) in the last 12 months was 603.4 per 1,000 residents and was 433.7% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 100 (≈ 240.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 29.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around St Georges Place (B70 8RZ), the main crime hotspot is near High Street. Police recorded 323 crimes here, including 178 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in St Georges Place area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lombard Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lombard Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lombard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Summerfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Summerfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Georges Place Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences High Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order High Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting High Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour New Street
Sep 2025Drugs New Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs New Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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