Total Crime Rate

46.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 46.8 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.3 5/10
  • Public order 8.5 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.3 4/10
  • Other crime 4.3 6/10
  • Robbery 4.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 4.3 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Cotterills Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 135 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 270th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cotterills Road (DY4 0JY) in the last 12 months was 46.8 per 1,000 residents and was 60.2% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 34.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cotterills Road (DY4 0JY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Clarkes Grove, where police recorded 89 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Powis Avenue (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cotterills Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Webb Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hamilton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Clarkes Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hamilton Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Webb Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bourne Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Powis Avenue
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Napier Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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