Crime Rate in Oldbury, ward

Oldbury has the 6th highest crime rate of 24 wards in Sandwell district and the 1287th highest crime rate ward of 7,548 wards in England and Wales. Across the region (West Midlands), it has the 101st highest crime rate of 745 wards.

The overall crime rate in Oldbury in the last 12 months was 114.4 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% higher than the Sandwell district average (106.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, Oldbury’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 740 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 10 cases , up 11.1% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 13.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -30.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 950 (≈ 55.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the Oldbury ward, the highest concentration of overall crime occurs near Shopping Area, with 181 recorded incidents. Violent and public-order offences happen most frequently around Market Street (41 offences). Both locations are situated within roughly 0.3 miles of each other.