Total Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
41.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mackmillan Road area has the 45th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 438th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mackmillan Road (B65 8AP) in the last 12 months was 69.3 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mackmillan Road (B65 8AP), the main crime hotspot is near Rowley Village. Police recorded 123 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 | Drugs | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4171 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bell Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Carlyle Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birmingham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newhall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mackmillan Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
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