Total Crime Rate
144.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Earl Street area has the 17th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 168th highest crime rate of 951 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 Earl Street (B70 9HR) in the last 12 months was 144.2 per 1,000 residents and was 72.5% higher than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 56 (≈ 102.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Earl Street (B70 9HR), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 153 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In West Bromwich Central| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lambert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lambert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Guns Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | John Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | John Street North | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapman Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winkle Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dartmouth Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Dartmouth Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edith Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Creed Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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