Total Crime Rate
75.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
44.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Attlee Close area has the 28th lowest crime rate of 58 local areas in Oldbury , and the 466th highest crime rate of 951 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 Attlee Close (B69 3JF) in the last 12 months was 75.5 per 1,000 residents and was 34.0% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Attlee Close (B69 3JF), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wilson Drive, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Peel Way (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Oldbury| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Baldwin Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callaghan Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Callaghan Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Temple Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Temple Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peel Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Peel Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hainge Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chamberlain Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Macmillan Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Asquith Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Churchill Close | Under investigation |
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