Total Crime Rate

128.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 128.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.1 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.1 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 14.3 6/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Burglary 5.7 6/10
  • Drugs 5.7 6/10
  • Other crime 5.7 7/10
  • Other theft 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 5.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Hydes Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 30 local areas in Hateley Heath , and the 223rd highest crime rate of 954 local areas in Sandwell .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Hydes Road (B71 2EB) in the last 12 months was 128.6 per 1,000 residents and was 37.7% higher than the Hateley Heath average (93.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 57.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Hydes Road (B71 2EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bishop Road, where police recorded 31 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ripon Drive (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Hydes Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hampton Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Johnson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Johnson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Booth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Bishop Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishop Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Bishop Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bishop Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hampton Court Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Johnson Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Johnson Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Eldalade Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eldalade Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Griffiths Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ripon Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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