Total Crime Rate

311.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 311.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 218.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 24.3 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.3 10/10
  • Other crime 20.2 10/10
  • Drugs 16.2 9/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Public order 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Glebefields Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 135 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 39th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Glebefields Road (DY4 0SQ) in the last 12 months was 311.7 per 1,000 residents and was 164.8% 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 54 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 222.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glebefields Road (DY4 0SQ), the main crime hotspot is near Rushmere Road. Police recorded 102 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Glebefields Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythwood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Henn Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rushmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime St Mark'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Strathmore Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Strathmore Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shakespeare Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythwood Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grace Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wythwood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Wythwood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wythwood Grove
Sep 2025Other crime Moat Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Eastfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mayhurst Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Wordsworth Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henn Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rushmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Grace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Mark'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences David Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences David Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Windsor Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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