Total Crime Rate

1256.2 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 1256.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 646.7 10/10
  • Public order 190.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 97.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 74.4 10/10
  • Other theft 62.0 10/10
  • Drugs 39.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 33.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 33.1 10/10
  • Burglary 24.8 10/10
  • Shoplifting 22.7 7/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Theft from the person 10.3 9/10
  • Robbery 6.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.1 6/10
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

Soap Works Drive area has the highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Soho and Victoria , and the 5th highest crime rate of 954 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 Soap Works Drive (B66 2EB) in the last 12 months was 1256.2 per 1,000 residents and was 895.4% higher than the Soho and Victoria average (126.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 313 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -14.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 424 (≈ 876.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 239.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 85.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Soap Works Drive (B66 2EB), the main crime hotspot is near London Street. Police recorded 390 crimes here, including 288 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Soap Works Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/57)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Hamilton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences William Avery Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft London Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Other theft London Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs London Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson London Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson London Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary London Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4136 Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime B4136 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4136 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences William Avery Drive Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft London Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cranford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cranford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Public order Cranford Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cranford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Cranford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Cranford Street Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cranford Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cranford Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moilliett Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order London Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cranford Street —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences London Street Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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