Total Crime Rate
138.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spouthouse Lane area has the 6th highest crime rate of 36 local areas in Newton , and the 178th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spouthouse Lane (B43 5PX) in the last 12 months was 138.5 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% higher than the Newton average (76.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -43.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 106.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spouthouse Lane (B43 5PX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Amberley Green, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langdale Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Newton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | West Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Welsby Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Langdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Allen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Amberley Green | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Allen Close | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Allen Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Langdale Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coniston Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Hobhouse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Allen Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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