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
  • Other theft 40.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.7 5/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

The Dingle area has the 24th highest crime rate of 60 local areas in Oldbury , and the 364th highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around The Dingle (B69 2DT) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 17.3% lower than the Oldbury average (114.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other theft with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 33.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Dingle (B69 2DT), the main crime hotspot is near Florence Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 11 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Dingle area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ashtree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ashtree Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Florence Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gower Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Florence Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Bury Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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