Total Crime Rate

57.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 57.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Burglary 4.4 5/10
  • Drugs 4.4 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.4 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Beeches Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 42 local areas in Greets Green and Lyng , and the 337th lowest crime rate of 954 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 Beeches Road (B70 6HG) in the last 12 months was 57.5 per 1,000 residents and was 49.1% lower than the Greets Green and Lyng average (113.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 24.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 38.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Beeches Road (B70 6HG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Normans Drive, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shintons Square (27 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Beeches Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Legge Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normans Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Trinity Road North Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Trinity Road North Local resolution
Sep 2025Public order Nicholls Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences New Street North Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Thynne Street
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thynne Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Thynne Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Passage Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Normans Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normans Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normans Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Walsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Normans Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walsall Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shintons Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beeches Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Normans Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Walsall Street Under investigation

Data Sources

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