Total Crime Rate
49.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
37.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Enfield 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 Enfield Road (B65 9NN) 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 Enfield Road (B65 9NN), the main crime hotspot is near Reservoir Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Blackheath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Summer Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Reservoir Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sandford Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bell Vue Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maer Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Viking Rise | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cambourne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Newhall Road | Under investigation |
| 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 |
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