Total Crime Rate

124.6 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 124.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.0 9/10
  • Other theft 16.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.1 9/10
  • Public order 6.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.3 2/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Nightingale Drive area has the 35th highest crime rate of 135 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 234th 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 Nightingale Drive (DY4 7QL) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 116.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nightingale Drive (DY4 7QL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bevan Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Horseley Heath (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nightingale Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doughty Close —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Scott Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Providence Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4166 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4166 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Horseley Heath Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Morrison Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Denbigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Powell Place Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Monarch Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime William Ker Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Scott Street —
Sep 2025Public order Scott Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Denbigh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Millwright Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Doughty Close —

Data Sources

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