Total Crime Rate
49.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cambourne Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 288th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cambourne Road (B65 9EZ) in the last 12 months was 49.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.4% 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 37.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cambourne Road (B65 9EZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rowley Village, where police recorded 123 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reservoir Road (39 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Awaiting court outcome |
| 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 |
| 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 | Public order | Newhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viking Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandringham Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bell Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stuart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Stuart Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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