Total Crime Rate

133.3 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 133.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 41.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Other theft 12.7 9/10
  • Other crime 6.4 8/10
  • Robbery 6.4 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.4 6/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

The Templars area has the 26th highest crime rate of 101 local areas in Blackheath , and the 208th 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 The Templars (B69 1EU) in the last 12 months was 133.3 per 1,000 residents and was 14.0% higher than the Blackheath average (117.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -23.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 47.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -36.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Templars (B69 1EU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Lovett Avenue, where police recorded 61 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolverley Crescent (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in The Templars area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Arley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Martley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arley Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Arley Close —
Sep 2025Other theft Inkberrow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cotswold Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lovett Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Lovett Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Witley Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour The Templars —
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Data Sources

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