Total Crime Rate

123.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 123.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 69.4 9/10
  • Public order 18.9 9/10
  • Burglary 6.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.3 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.2 1/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wrottesley Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 242nd highest crime rate of 954 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 Wrottesley Road (B43 6BA) in the last 12 months was 123.0 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% higher than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (80.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -24.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 88.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -15.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wrottesley Road (B43 6BA), the main crime hotspot is near Ragley Drive. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

View Crime In Charlemont with Grove Vale

Crime Over Time in Wrottesley Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ragley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Packwood Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Packwood Drive Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woburn Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ragley Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Attingham Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakelam Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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