Total Crime Rate
46.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
23.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clifton Street area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 261st lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Clifton Street (B64 6QP) in the last 12 months was 46.9 per 1,000 residents and was 60.6% lower than the Blackheath average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 23.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clifton Street (B64 6QP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Heathfield Close, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lowland Close (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Cradley Heath and Old Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Penn Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Penn Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meadow Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Meadow Street | Under investigation |
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