Total Crime Rate
13.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lily Street area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 22nd lowest crime rate of 954 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 Lily Street (B71 1EB) in the last 12 months was 13.7 per 1,000 residents and was 82.9% lower 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 Possession of weapons with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 6.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lily Street (B71 1EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Alba Road, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Eden Grove (21 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Alba Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Alba Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alba Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Alba Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alba Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Alba Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wordsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | James Eaton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Raleigh Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Raleigh Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
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