Total Crime Rate
67.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
45.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Road area has the 61st lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 418th lowest 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 Vicarage Road (B71 1AW) in the last 12 months was 67.0 per 1,000 residents and was 19.8% lower than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (83.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 45.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Road (B71 1AW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Okehampton Drive, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bank Street (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Charlemont with Grove Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tiverton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Durham Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vine Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Vine Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | All Saints Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Malvern Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Stanway Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Durham Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Durham Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Westmorland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Under investigation |
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