Total Crime Rate

129.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 129.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.3 9/10
  • Public order 19.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.4 9/10
  • Other theft 9.6 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Other crime 4.8 7/10
  • Robbery 4.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Millfields Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 135 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 215th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Millfields Road (B71 2NP) in the last 12 months was 129.8 per 1,000 residents and was 10.3% higher than the Great Bridge average (117.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 91.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -1.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Millfields Road (B71 2NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rydding Lane, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hydes Road (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Millfields Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Rydding Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rydding Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Rydding Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rydding Lane Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Hydes Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hydes Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Watt Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pembroke Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pembroke Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences James Watt Street Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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