Total Crime Rate

125.0 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 125.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 78.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.6 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.7 6/10
  • Other crime 8.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.8 5/10
  • Burglary 2.9 2/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Other theft 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Bleakhouse Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 233rd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bleakhouse Road (B68 0LU) in the last 12 months was 125.0 per 1,000 residents and was 16.9% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 80.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 81.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 75.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 57.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bleakhouse Road (B68 0LU), the main crime hotspot is near Chester Rise. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Bleakhouse Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (15/15)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Oak Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chester Rise Local resolution
Sep 2025Other crime Chester Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Chester Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edinburgh Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Forest Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elsma Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Holly Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cornwall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Chestnut Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Cedar Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cedar Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chestnut Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
* on or near this location Page 1 • Showing 15 of 15

Data Sources

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