Total Crime Rate
391.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
72.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Rowley Village area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 27th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Rowley Village (B65 9AS) in the last 12 months was 391.9 per 1,000 residents and was 228.8% higher than the Blackheath average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 88 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 72.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 13.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rowley Village (B65 9AS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rowley Village, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Avenue (32 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bell Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4171 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viking Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old School Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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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