Total Crime Rate
18.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
13.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beatrice Walk area has the 3rd lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Oldbury , and the 53rd 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 Beatrice Walk (B69 2LY) in the last 12 months was 18.4 per 1,000 residents and was 83.9% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -62.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beatrice Walk (B69 2LY), the main crime hotspot is near Oakthorpe Gardens. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Oldbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elizabeth Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Dudley Road West | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | King'S Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | King'S Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holcroft Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Reeves Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Crown Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Regent Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Regent Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tividale Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Whitehouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whitehouse Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Groveland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wynn-Griffith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elizabeth Mews | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Elizabeth Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dudley Road West | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Crown Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakthorpe Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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