Total Crime Rate
29.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
18.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mason Street area has the 20th lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 125th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mason Street (B70 9NN) in the last 12 months was 29.8 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% lower than the Great Bridge average (117.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 20.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 18.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mason Street (B70 9NN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Tildasley Street, where police recorded 54 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dudley Street (28 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Greets Green and Lyng| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Railway Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Cordley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Tildasley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Adams Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tildasley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Guns Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Lambert Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lambert Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beresford Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beresford Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lambert End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wheatley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tapestries Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Borwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridge Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dudley Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lambert End | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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