Total Crime Rate
166.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
74.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tame Crescent area has the 6th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Hateley Heath , and the 125th highest crime rate of 951 local areas in Sandwell .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tame Crescent (B71 1BA) in the last 12 months was 166.2 per 1,000 residents and was 76.5% higher than the Hateley Heath average (94.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 74.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tame Crescent (B71 1BA), 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 Hateley Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Westmorland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westmorland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tiverton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Worcester Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tame Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tame Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haig Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Skiddaw Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Skiddaw Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helvellyn Way | Under investigation |
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