Total Crime Rate
12.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Packwood Road area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Rowley , and the 24th lowest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Packwood Road (B69 1UL) in the last 12 months was 12.7 per 1,000 residents and was 79.3% lower than the Rowley average (61.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Packwood Road (B69 1UL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Dudley Road West, where police recorded 15 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Regent Avenue (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Tividale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weston Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elizabeth Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dudley Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Huskison Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dudley Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Weston Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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