Total Crime Rate
159.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
92.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bredon Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 139th 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 Bredon Road (B69 1EP) in the last 12 months was 159.0 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% higher than the Blackheath average (119.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 92.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 10.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bredon Road (B69 1EP), the main crime hotspot is near Wallace Close. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 46 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Langley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Martley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wallace Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gadds Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gadds Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Badsey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Gadds Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malton Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Badsey Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wallace Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malton Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wallace Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Throne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Wallace Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bill Thomas Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arley Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lawton Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wallace Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wallace Close | Local resolution |
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