Total Crime Rate

99.7 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 99.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.4 8/10
  • Other crime 12.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.1 5/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.0 6/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.0 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Bearmore Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Cradley Heath and Old Hill , and the 340th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bearmore Road (B64 6DX) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 0.9% higher than the Cradley Heath and Old Hill average (98.8 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 Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -39.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 60.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bearmore Road (B64 6DX), the main crime hotspot is near Peartree Lane. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bearmore Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Codsall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wycherley Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clyde Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Western Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Codsall Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Western Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lawrence Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plant Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plant Street Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Peartree Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Bearmore Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reddal Hill Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ave Maria Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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