Total Crime Rate

328.5 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 328.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 137.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.3 9/10
  • Public order 29.3 10/10
  • Robbery 23.5 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.7 8/10
  • Drugs 14.7 9/10
  • Other theft 14.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 14.7 6/10
  • Theft from the person 14.7 9/10
  • Burglary 11.7 9/10
  • Other crime 8.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.8 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
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

Bridge Street area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 34th highest crime rate of 954 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 Bridge Street (B70 9HN) in the last 12 months was 328.5 per 1,000 residents and was 308.5% higher than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -54.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 193.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bridge Street (B70 9HN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tildasley Street, where police recorded 65 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bridge Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Creed Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tildasley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Cordley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Railway Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Railway Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Railway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Richard Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Wesley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wesley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brook Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tildasley Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Meeting Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tildasley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tildasley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tildasley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tildasley Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Tildasley Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Tildasley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tildasley Street
Sep 2025Public order Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Butler Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cordley Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Old Meeting Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences John Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Turner Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation

Data Sources

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