Total Crime Rate
107.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
63.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Victoria Avenue area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Halesowen South , and the 202nd highest crime rate of 1,012 local areas in Dudley .
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 Victoria Avenue (B62 9BL) in the last 12 months was 107.0 per 1,000 residents and was 86.3% higher than the Halesowen South average (57.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 63.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Victoria Avenue (B62 9BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spies Lane, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Avenue (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Halesowen South| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lockington Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Spies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spies Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lombardy Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hagley Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Spies Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clarendon Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosafield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Rosafield Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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