Total Crime Rate
177.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
117.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Moor Street area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Friar Park , and the 119th 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 Moor Street (WS10 0QR) in the last 12 months was 177.8 per 1,000 residents and was 120.5% higher than the Friar Park average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 117.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Moor Street (WS10 0QR), the main crime hotspot is near Kilvert Road. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 25 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Friar Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hydes Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Riverway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hydes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hydes Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Hydes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moor Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moor Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilvert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Riverway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parkside Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richard Williams Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Richard Williams Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Richard Williams Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Price Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Red House Avenue | Under investigation |
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