Total Crime Rate
98.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Katherine Road area has the 12th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Abbey , and the 345th 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 Katherine Road (B67 5QZ) in the last 12 months was 98.1 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs 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 18 (≈ 67.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ).
In the area around Katherine Road (B67 5QZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 64 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Katherine Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Abbey| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Three Shires Oak Road | 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 | Vehicle crime | Lincoln Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beakes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beakes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beakes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beakes Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gladys Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlings Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Katherine Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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