Total Crime Rate
160.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
112.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beechfield Close area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 44 local areas in Halesowen North , and the 105th highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
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 Beechfield Close (B62 8LG) in the last 12 months was 160.6 per 1,000 residents and was 222.2% higher than the Halesowen North average (49.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 112.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beechfield Close (B62 8LG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 254 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Halesowen North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malt Mill Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Willetts Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Ashley Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cocksheds Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cocksheds Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Meadow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Payne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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