Total Crime Rate
113.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Bridge Street area has the 36th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 283rd 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 Bridge Street (B70 9HW) in the last 12 months was 113.1 per 1,000 residents and was 40.7% 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 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 62.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bridge Street (B70 9HW), 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.
View Crime In Charlemont with Grove Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Creed Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cordley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Cordley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tildasley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Railway Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Railway Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Richard Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tildasley Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Tildasley Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wesley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wesley Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Butler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Butler Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert End | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert End | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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