Total Crime Rate
80.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Belle Vue Road area has the 48th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 434th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Belle Vue Road (B65 9ND) in the last 12 months was 80.8 per 1,000 residents and was 32.2% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 57.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Belle Vue Road (B65 9ND), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rowley Village, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (39 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 | Public order | Bell Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birmingham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4171 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | George Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Short Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Short Street | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Rowley Village | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rowley Village | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Further/Higher Educational Building | 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 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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