Total Crime Rate

33.9 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 33.9 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.2 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lime Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Wednesbury North , and the 163rd lowest crime rate of 954 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 Lime Road (WS10 9NE) in the last 12 months was 33.9 per 1,000 residents and was 75.1% lower than the Wednesbury North average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2024, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 20.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Road (WS10 9NE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pine Avenue, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Churchfields Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Lime Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woden Road North Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Reservoir Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaumont Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pine Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pine Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pine Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pine Avenue Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pine Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pine Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Pine Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Delville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Park Street —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arundel Avenue —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wellcroft Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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