Total Crime Rate
165.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
87.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chapel View area has the 10th highest crime rate of 72 local areas in Bristnall , and the 127th 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 Chapel View (B67 6ET) in the last 12 months was 165.1 per 1,000 residents and was 81.9% higher than the Bristnall average (90.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 87.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chapel View (B67 6ET), 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 | Chapel View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chapel View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Dale Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Westfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Westfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chapel View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rosefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parkes Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | 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 | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stanhope Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dale Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dorothy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thompson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Arden Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beechfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakwood Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakwood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rosefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stanhope Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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