Total Crime Rate
11.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Somerset Crescent area has the lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Friar Park , and the 19th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Somerset Crescent (WS10 0SG) in the last 12 months was 11.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.6% lower than the Friar Park average (80.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Somerset Crescent (WS10 0SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Remembrance Road, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cornwall Close (7 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Friar Park| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Solway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solway Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westmore Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cornwall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Remembrance Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Pemberton Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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