Total Crime Rate

85.0 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 85.0 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Drugs 10.2 8/10
  • Other crime 10.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Gowshall Drive area has the 27th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Oldbury , and the 428th 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 Gowshall Drive (B68 8SU) in the last 12 months was 85.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.7% lower than the Oldbury average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Gowshall Drive (B68 8SU), 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 Gowshall Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Bell Fold Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Birch Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shirley Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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