Total Crime Rate

70.0 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 70.0 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Burglary 3.7 4/10
  • Other theft 3.7 3/10
  • Drugs 1.8 1/10
  • Other crime 1.8 1/10
  • Public order 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Cheshire Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Smethwick , and the 443rd lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cheshire Road (B67 6DW) in the last 12 months was 70.0 per 1,000 residents and was 2.3% higher than the Smethwick average (68.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 53.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheshire Road (B67 6DW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arden Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Rosefield Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Cheshire Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Rosefield Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dale Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norma Rose Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Norma Rose Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Cemetery Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Arden Road Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chapel View Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cheshire Road
Sep 2025Public order Cheshire Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pearman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wellington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rosefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Rosefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Norma Rose Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dorothy Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chapel View Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dawson Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Chapel View Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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