Total Crime Rate

115.4 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 115.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 57.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.5 9/10
  • Burglary 11.0 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 5.5 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.5 4/10
  • Other theft 5.5 5/10
  • Other crime 2.8 2/10
  • Public order 2.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Harborne Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Abbey , and the 272nd 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 Harborne Road (B68 9JH) in the last 12 months was 115.4 per 1,000 residents and was 1.1% higher than the Abbey average (114.1 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 Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 68.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 67.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harborne Road (B68 9JH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 87 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near A4123 (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Harborne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hadzor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wolverhampton Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wolverhampton Road South Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Wolverhampton Road South —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wolverhampton Road South Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Frederick Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Castle Road East Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Castle Croft Action to be taken by another organisation
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Data Sources

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