Postcode · Halesowen
Crime in B62 8BF
How much crime is recorded in B62 8BF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hawne
- Council
- Dudley
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,586 (2024)
How safe is B62 8BF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B62 8BF area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
51
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B62 8BFNational
Burglary22.89.1
Violence and sexual offences20.823.6
Shoplifting4.78.4
Other theft4.44.5
Criminal damage and arson4.34.7
Public order4.14.6
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Other crime1.31.5
Drugs1.32.4
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Robbery0.71.4
Theft from the person0.42.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.