Total Crime Rate

135.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 135.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 12.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 12.7 9/10
  • Burglary 8.4 8/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Robbery 4.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Sunny Bank Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 201st 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 Sunny Bank Road (B68 0DD) in the last 12 months was 135.0 per 1,000 residents and was 26.3% higher than the Langley average (106.9 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 84.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 300.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 31.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Sunny Bank Road (B68 0DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 168 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodgreen Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Sunny Bank Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Hill Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Woodgreen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cedar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Holly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Woodgreen Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Woodgreen Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chestnut Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Whitley Court Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Perry Hill Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hagley Road West Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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