Crime Rates at York Road, Rowley Regis, B65 0SG

York Road area has the 31st highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Blackheath , and the 252nd 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 York Road (B65 0SG) in the last 12 months was 120.7 per 1,000 residents and was 3.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 72.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around York Road (B65 0SG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near A4034, where police recorded 24 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Truro Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.