Total Crime Rate
207.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Corngreaves Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Blackheath , and the 85th highest crime rate of 954 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 Corngreaves Road (B64 6BP) in the last 12 months was 207.3 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% higher than the Blackheath average (117.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -85.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 76.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Corngreaves Road (B64 6BP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Queen Street, where police recorded 46 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Meadow Walk (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meadow Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Upper High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Northgate | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Meadow Walk | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | High Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodfield Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Spinners End Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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