Total Crime Rate

36.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

28.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 36.6 4/10
  • Violent crimes 28.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.7 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Lime Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Wednesbury North , and the 184th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lime Road (WS10 9NG) in the last 12 months was 36.6 per 1,000 residents and was 72.0% lower than the Wednesbury North average (130.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 57.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 28.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 57.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lime Road (WS10 9NG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pine Avenue, where police recorded 70 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hall End (18 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
Apr 2026Other theft Pine Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hall End Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Bartholomew Terrace Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reservoir Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Oval Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harcourt Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hawthorn Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Reservoir Passage Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hall End Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Hall End Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Pine Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Park Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willow Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Willow Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Reservoir Passage Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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