Total Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Newhall Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 171st 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 Newhall Road (B65 9HA) in the last 12 months was 142.4 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% higher 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 109.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Newhall Road (B65 9HA), 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 | Public order | Newhall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | 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 | Bell Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Reservoir Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Newhall Road | 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 |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Viking Rise | — |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir 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 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Park Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4171 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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