Total Crime Rate
116.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
39.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bevan Road area has the 40th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 248th highest crime rate of 951 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 Bevan Road (DY4 7QD) in the last 12 months was 116.6 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 39.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bevan Road (DY4 7QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bevan Road, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Howard Street (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Great Bridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Smith Place | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bevan Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenyon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenyon Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenyon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wenyon Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Station Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dudley Port | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bevan Road | Under investigation |
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