Total Crime Rate
43.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Clent Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 52 local areas in Abbey , and the 239th 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 Clent Road (B68 9EU) in the last 12 months was 43.6 per 1,000 residents and was 60.4% lower than the Abbey average (110.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clent Road (B68 9EU), the main crime hotspot is near Salop Drive. Police recorded 111 crimes here, including 97 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Old Warley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broadway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salop Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Salop Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clarence Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hesket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hesket Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clent Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bernard Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bleakhouse Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wheatley Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Reid Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reid Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broadmoor Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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