Total Crime Rate
104.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
54.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Templars area has the 33rd highest crime rate of 100 local areas in Blackheath , and the 306th highest crime rate of 951 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 104.8 per 1,000 residents and was 12.1% lower 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 54.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.9% 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 152 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Martley Road (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Langley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Borough Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saladin Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Wolverley Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Martley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Martley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shelsley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shelsley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shelsley Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lovett Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Lovett Avenue | Under investigation |
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