Crime Rates at Lightwoods Road, Smethwick, B67 5BE

Lightwoods Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 52 local areas in Abbey , and the 18th 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 Lightwoods Road (B67 5BE) in the last 12 months was 536.0 per 1,000 residents and was 385.8% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 80 (≈ 320.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lightwoods Road (B67 5BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Anderson Road, where police recorded 228 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Adkins Lane (60 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.