Total Crime Rate
106.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
67.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cemetery Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Smethwick , and the 295th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cemetery Road (B67 6BD) in the last 12 months was 106.8 per 1,000 residents and was 54.2% higher 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cemetery Road (B67 6BD), the main crime hotspot is near Stanhope Road. Police recorded 32 crimes here, including 21 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Smethwick| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parkes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thompson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorothy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorothy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Meadow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Highfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapel View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stanhope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakwood Road | Local resolution |
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