Total Crime Rate
84.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sunny Bank Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 412th highest crime rate of 951 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 Sunny Bank Road (B68 0DB) in the last 12 months was 84.4 per 1,000 residents and was 17.6% lower than the Langley average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 150.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -72.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 25.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -72.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sunny Bank Road (B68 0DB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 121 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodgreen Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Old Warley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestnut Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chestnut Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodgreen Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Forest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cedar Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lewis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Perry Hill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clydesdale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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