Crime Rates at Church Street, Oldbury, B69 3AG

Church Street area has the 7th highest crime rate of 47 local areas in Langley , and the 135th 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 Church Street (B69 3AG) in the last 12 months was 162.7 per 1,000 residents and was 58.8% higher than the Langley average (102.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 86.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Church Street (B69 3AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Market Street (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.