Total Crime Rate
101.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
27.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakham Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Rowley , and the 317th 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 Oakham Road (B69 1PY) in the last 12 months was 101.9 per 1,000 residents and was 65.6% higher than the Rowley average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 27.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakham Road (B69 1PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 27 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Middlefield Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tividale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stokesay Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gleneagles Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlefield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Gibbet Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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