Total Crime Rate

84.8 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 84.8 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 59.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.5 6/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Drugs 2.8 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Gresham Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 429th 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 Gresham Road (B68 8SB) in the last 12 months was 84.8 per 1,000 residents and was 20.7% lower 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 62.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 30.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gresham Road (B68 8SB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bell Fold (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Gresham Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shirley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bell Fold Local resolution
Sep 2025Burglary Aziz Isaac Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Aziz Isaac Close —
Sep 2025Drugs Vicarage Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Mushroom Hall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Mushroom Hall Road —
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Data Sources

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