Total Crime Rate
118.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
64.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Deerstalker Square area has the 9th highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Soho and Victoria , and the 237th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Deerstalker Square (B16 0PT) in the last 12 months was 118.7 per 1,000 residents and was 7.7% lower than the Soho and Victoria average (128.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 29 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 64.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Deerstalker Square (B16 0PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grove Lane, where police recorded 60 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brixham Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Soho and Victoria| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brixham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paignton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Devey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shenstone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Newmans Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paignton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kinsey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bainbridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paignton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Paignton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Paignton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shenstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Majuba Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glencoe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Laxey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Laxey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Laxey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brixham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Laxey Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brixham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Barleycorn Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brixham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stag Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bishops Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barrett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Glencoe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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