Crime Rates at Ripley Close, Tividale, Oldbury, B69 1UR

Ripley Close area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Rowley , and the 266th lowest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ripley Close (B69 1UR) in the last 12 months was 46.7 per 1,000 residents and was 27.7% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ripley Close (B69 1UR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Green Park Road (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.