Total Crime Rate
191.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Brunswick Terrace area has the 6th highest crime rate of 40 local areas in Princes End , and the 103rd 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 Brunswick Terrace (WS10 9DA) in the last 12 months was 191.8 per 1,000 residents and was 92.6% higher than the Princes End average (99.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 109.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -63.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Brunswick Terrace (WS10 9DA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Russell Street, where police recorded 301 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Wednesbury North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Little Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Russell Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Russell Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Russell Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Little Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Upper Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Upper Russell Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Upper Russell Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Bartholomew Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Reservoir Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | St. Johns Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Union Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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