Total Crime Rate

94.6 per 1,000 7/10 · 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 94.6 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.5 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Other theft 4.7 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.4 1/10
  • Burglary 2.4 1/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Regent Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Rowley , and the 365th highest crime rate of 954 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 Regent Road (B69 1RY) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% higher than the Rowley average (64.5 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 Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 63.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 68.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Regent Road (B69 1RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 41 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.

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Crime Over Time in Regent Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Arundel Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Regent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ludlow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Red Lion Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatsheaf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wheatsheaf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Wheatsheaf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Wheatsheaf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Wheatsheaf Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlefield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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