Crime Rates at Lightwoods Road, Smethwick, B67 5BD

Lightwoods Road area has the 16th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Abbey , and the 400th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Lightwoods Road (B67 5BD) in the last 12 months was 88.9 per 1,000 residents and was 22.1% lower 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -85.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -44.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lightwoods Road (B67 5BD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anderson Road, where police recorded 189 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adkins Lane (69 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.