Total Crime Rate
219.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lightwoods Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Abbey , and the 76th 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 Lightwoods Road (B67 5AZ) in the last 12 months was 219.9 per 1,000 residents and was 92.8% higher than the Abbey average (114.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 110.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Lightwoods Road (B67 5AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 99 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near St Mary'S Road (52 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Sherwood Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | St Mary'S Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Milcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Long Hyde Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rawlings Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dunsford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Dunsford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Rutland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Dunsford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Three Shires Oak Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Three Shires Oak Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Belmont Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ethel Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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