Total Crime Rate
46.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hollies Road area has the 24th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Rowley , and the 265th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .
Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hollies Road (B69 1SX) in the last 12 months was 46.6 per 1,000 residents and was 27.8% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 41.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hollies Road (B69 1SX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wheatsheaf Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent Close (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Rowley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Quarry Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatsheaf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pine Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Quarry Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Quarry Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Huskison Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheatsheaf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Wheatsheaf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Wheatsheaf Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wheatsheaf Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hollies Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | View Point | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | California Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pine Road | Under investigation |
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