Total Crime Rate
57.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
38.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hilton Street area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 344th 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 Hilton Street (B70 9TW) in the last 12 months was 57.3 per 1,000 residents and was 51.1% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -52.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hilton Street (B70 9TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wheatley Street, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Turner Street (19 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 | Criminal damage and arson | New Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hilton Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Turner Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whyley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wood Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borwick Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Borwick Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Swallow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bull Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bull Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Change Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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