Total Crime Rate
35.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harvington Road area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 173rd lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harvington Road (B68 0JG) in the last 12 months was 35.5 per 1,000 residents and was 65.4% 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 16.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harvington Road (B68 0JG), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldridge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Aldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldridge Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tame Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kingsway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Frankley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Aldridge Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oldacre Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chance Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chance Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chance Croft | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldridge Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Malvern Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Aldridge Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitfields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitfields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pitfields Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harvington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Apsley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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