Crime Statistics for Great Bridge, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

There were a total of 302 street level crime incidents in Great Bridge in June 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Great Bridge, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime CategoryIncidents
Violent Crime115
Shoplifting39
Anti Social Behaviour25
Criminal Damage Arson25
Vehicle Crime21
Public Order18
Burglary16
Other Theft15
Other Crime7
Possession Of Weapons7
Robbery5
Theft From The Person4
Drugs4
Bicycle Theft1
All Crime302

Map of street level crime incidents in June 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Great Bridge. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.



Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Great Bridge

We've taken the ten nearest places to Great Bridge and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Great Bridge has more crime than other surrounding areas.

LocationCrime Incidents
Black Lake (1.24 miles)495
Tipton Green (1.24 miles)463
Ocker Hill (0.62 miles)385
Lambert’s End (1.39 miles)374
Harvills Hawthorn (0.88 miles)331
Dudley Port (0.88 miles)322
Tipton (1.24 miles)320
Great Bridge302
Horseley Heath302
Toll End302

20.37%
of Tipton Green residents were born outside of the UK, according to the 2021 Census



Where are the most violent places near Great Bridge?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Great Bridge and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

LocationViolent Incidents
Lambert’s End253
Tipton Green248
Black Lake172
Ocker Hill147
Dudley Port139
Tipton136
Great Bridge115
Horseley Heath115
Toll End115
Harvills Hawthorn111

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Great Bridge?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Great Bridge to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Great Bridge compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Great Bridge and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Great Bridge is ranked #2.

#WardScore
1Hateley Heath73
2Tipton Green69
3Greets Green and Lyng69
4Great Bridge69
5Princes End67
6Wednesbury South63
7Castle and Priory60
8Tividale60
9St James's56
10Coseley East54
11Oldbury54

Which road in Great Bridge has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Great Bridge with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Mills Walk.

Last updated: June 2024
Information provided by data.police.uk
Published under the Open Government Licence v3.0



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