Total Crime Rate
139.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Jennings Street area has the 24th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Blackheath , and the 189th 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 Jennings Street (B64 6JU) in the last 12 months was 139.7 per 1,000 residents and was 19.4% higher than the Blackheath average (117.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 32 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 102.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 32.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jennings Street (B64 6JU), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Priest Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Priest Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Best Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Best Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hill Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hill Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Passage | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Passage | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ashtree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elbow Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elbow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Elbow Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Jennings Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Waggon Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Heathfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Millennium Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Court Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Ashtree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Passage | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Halesowen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | King Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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