Total Crime Rate

109.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 109.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.8 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Public order 13.3 8/10
  • Shoplifting 13.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.9 8/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.6 9/10
  • Other crime 3.3 4/10
  • Robbery 3.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Balmoral Way area has the 35th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Blackheath , and the 303rd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Balmoral Way (B65 9LL) in the last 12 months was 109.3 per 1,000 residents and was 6.6% lower than the Blackheath average (117.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 53.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -30.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Balmoral Way (B65 9LL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lovett Avenue, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartlebury Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Balmoral Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Reservoir Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lovett Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartlebury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lovett Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Majestic Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Inkberrow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Angela Avenue —
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Data Sources

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