Total Crime Rate
49.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gladstone Street area has the 42nd lowest crime rate of 125 local areas in Charlemont with Grove Vale , and the 288th 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 Gladstone Street (B71 1EW) in the last 12 months was 49.5 per 1,000 residents and was 38.4% lower than the Charlemont with Grove Vale average (80.4 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 23.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -21.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gladstone Street (B71 1EW), the main crime hotspot is near Beaconsfield Street. Police recorded 24 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Charlemont with Grove Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tiverton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Drake Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Grant Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Wordsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wordsworth Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ruskin Street | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Hall Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sussex Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Haig Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Gladstone Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Angus Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Peel Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkgate Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Greswold Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beaconsfield Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Monkgate Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beaconsfield Street | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Okehampton Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Okehampton Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Okehampton Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Peel Street | Under investigation |
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