Total Crime Rate

156.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 156.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.6 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 22.1 10/10
  • Drugs 16.6 9/10
  • Burglary 14.7 9/10
  • Shoplifting 14.7 6/10
  • Other theft 11.1 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.7 3/10
  • Robbery 3.7 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Oldbury Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Oldbury , and the 149th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Oldbury Road (B66 1NL) in the last 12 months was 156.5 per 1,000 residents and was 36.9% higher than the Oldbury average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 34 (≈ 62.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Oldbury Road (B66 1NL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Pel Crescent, where police recorded 19 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Sandwell Court (5 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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