Crime Rate in Abbey, ward

Abbey has the 7th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Sandwell district and the 1300th highest crime rate ward of 7,541 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 120th highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Abbey in the last 12 months was 111.3 per 1,000 residents and was 5.6% higher than the Sandwell district average (105.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Abbey’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 471 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 4 cases , down -20.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 14.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -40.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 602 (≈ 49.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Abbey ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Anderson Road, with 230 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Adkins Lane (62 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.