Total Crime Rate
53.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bearwood Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Smethwick , and the 315th 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 Bearwood Road (B66 4LN) in the last 12 months was 53.1 per 1,000 residents and was 23.4% lower than the Smethwick average (69.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 42.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bearwood Road (B66 4LN), the main crime hotspot is near Edgbaston Road. Police recorded 41 crimes here, including 29 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Edgbaston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4030 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4030 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | A4030 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Burn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterloo Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beck Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Norma Rose Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Capethorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Capethorn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Capethorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capethorn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Capethorn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlands Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Newlands Green | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newlands Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pens Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waterloo Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Edgbaston Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Claremont Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rosefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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