Total Crime Rate
112.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Apollo Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 266th highest crime rate of 951 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 Apollo Road (B68 9RS) in the last 12 months was 112.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.9% higher than the Langley average (102.4 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 Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 69.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Apollo Road (B68 9RS), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In St Pauls| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rood End Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Aziz Isaac Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Cemetery Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bell Fold | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rood End Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Johns Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | St Johns Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Darby Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Richmond Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Richmond Hill | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aziz Isaac Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aziz Isaac Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Aziz Isaac Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Victoria Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wellesley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wellesley Road | Under investigation |
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