Total Crime Rate

110.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

52.5 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 110.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 52.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 36.8 7/10
  • Shoplifting 31.5 7/10
  • Public order 9.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 5.3 7/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Robbery 5.3 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.9 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.9 4/10
  • Drugs 1.3 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 1.3 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Embassy Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 58 local areas in Oldbury , and the 274th highest crime rate of 951 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 Embassy Road (B69 2GD) in the last 12 months was 110.2 per 1,000 residents and was 3.6% lower than the Oldbury average (114.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 52.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -2.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Embassy Road (B69 2GD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Florence Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Quayside Close (12 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Embassy Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterways Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quayside Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Payton Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterways Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Goldencrest Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Pearsall Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Ditta Drive Local resolution
Apr 2026Public order Ditta Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mehdi Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterways Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Quayside Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft St James Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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