Total Crime Rate
84.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cophall Street area has the 64th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 416th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cophall Street (DY4 7JQ) in the last 12 months was 84.0 per 1,000 residents and was 28.3% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 56.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cophall Street (DY4 7JQ), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 30 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Great Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Peter'S Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Farley Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beddoe Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Farley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Horton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Slater Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Horton Street | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beddoe Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Whitehall Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Whitehall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cophall Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fisher Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Philip Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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