Total Crime Rate
78.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bromfield Crescent area has the 9th highest crime rate of 24 local areas in Friar Park , and the 448th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bromfield Crescent (WS10 0TS) in the last 12 months was 78.7 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% lower 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 9 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). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 43.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bromfield Crescent (WS10 0TS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coronation Road (18 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 | Other crime | Crankhall Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Solway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coronation Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coronation Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coronation Road | 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 | Essex Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bromfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Solway Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harewood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tame Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | William Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
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