Total Crime Rate
217.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026High Street area has the 13th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 84th highest crime rate of 951 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 High Street (B65 0EH) in the last 12 months was 217.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.4% higher 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 142.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around High Street (B65 0EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Payne Street, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Cross Street (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harper Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Conway Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Holly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harper Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oliver Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Payne Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mackmillan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Highfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | A4100 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cross Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alwin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ben Willetts Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | A4100 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Severn Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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