Total Crime Rate
135.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bearwood Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Abbey , and the 187th highest crime rate of 951 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 Bearwood Road (B66 4DL) in the last 12 months was 135.8 per 1,000 residents and was 23.1% higher than the Abbey average (110.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bearwood Road (B66 4DL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopping Area (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vince Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vince Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beakes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beakes Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawson Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dawson Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ethel Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gladys Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bearwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bearwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Three Shires Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Belmont Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wattis Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Talbot Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wattis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vince Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gladys Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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