Total Crime Rate
279.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
144.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heath Street Industrial Estate area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 33 local areas in Soho and Victoria , and the 49th highest crime rate of 951 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 Heath Street Industrial Estate (B66 2QZ) in the last 12 months was 279.6 per 1,000 residents and was 117.3% higher than the Soho and Victoria average (128.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Shoplifting with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 67 (≈ 144.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 28.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heath Street Industrial Estate (B66 2QZ), the main crime hotspot is near Cranford Street. Police recorded 129 crimes here, including 92 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Soho and Victoria| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cape Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cranford Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dugdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dugdale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moilliett Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cranford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Green Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | West Heath Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Heath Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellington Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moilliett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
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