Total Crime Rate
80.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Queensway area has the 21st highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 436th highest crime rate of 951 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 Queensway (B68 0HF) in the last 12 months was 80.6 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 42.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Queensway (B68 0HF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Chance Croft, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aldridge Road (25 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 | Shoplifting | Chance Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maypole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tame Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldridge Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Maypole Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mavis Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mavis Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brennand Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brennand Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brennand Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brennand Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Brennand Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chance Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frankley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitfields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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