Postcode · Cradley Heath
Crime in B64 7HE
How much crime is recorded in B64 7HE, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Cradley Heath
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,542 (2024)
How safe is B64 7HE
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B64 7HE area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
34
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).
B64 7HENational
Violence and sexual offences15.023.6
Burglary6.59.1
Vehicle crime5.63.5
Criminal damage and arson4.14.7
Public order2.64.6
Other theft2.04.5
Anti-social behaviour1.010.7
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Drugs0.62.4
Robbery0.51.4
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 37% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.