Total Crime Rate
19.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Locarno Road area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 136 local areas in Great Bridge , and the 57th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Locarno Road (DY4 9SH) in the last 12 months was 19.1 per 1,000 residents and was 83.7% lower than the Great Bridge average (117.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 9.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -85.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Locarno Road (DY4 9SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 137 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spring Street (14 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 | Public order | Upper Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Little Burton Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Edward Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper Church Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Church Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4163 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Croft | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lower Lapwing Piece | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Locarno Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Spring Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Upper Church Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakley Avenue | Under investigation |
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