Total Crime Rate

86.0 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 86.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.6 10/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Drugs 4.9 5/10
  • Other crime 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Public order 2.5 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.5 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Vicarage Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Smethwick , and the 418th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (B67 7AQ) in the last 12 months was 86.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 220.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 44.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (B67 7AQ), the main crime hotspot is near Church Hill Street. Police recorded 36 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A457 Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Church Hill Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A457 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomfield Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bleak Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Kelia Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Lowry Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Londonderry Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stony Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stony Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Vicarage Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Little Moor Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Church Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Queens Close Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Church Hill Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs North Street Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Queens Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Queens Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order North Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Green Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs North Western Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Street Under investigation
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Data Sources

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