Total Crime Rate
327.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
230.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Johns Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 34th highest crime rate of 951 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 St Johns Road (DY4 9QE) in the last 12 months was 327.5 per 1,000 residents and was 179.5% higher 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 230.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -10.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Johns Road (DY4 9QE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fereday Street, where police recorded 51 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Central Avenue (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Princes End| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lichfield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tozer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Queen Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fern Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tozer Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lichfield Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Turner Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laurel Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laurel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Queen Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Central Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sycamore Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sycamore Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Salter Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chestnut Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ivy Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laburnum Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Close | Under investigation |
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