Total Crime Rate
67.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Giles Close area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 421st 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 St Giles Close (B65 9EL) in the last 12 months was 67.5 per 1,000 residents and was 43.4% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 51.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Giles Close (B65 9EL), the main crime hotspot is near Hawes Lane. Police recorded 57 crimes here, including 44 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Rowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Old School Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Burglary | Windsor Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viking Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hanover Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bryan Budd Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawes Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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