Postcode · Smethwick
Crime in B67 5HR
How much crime is recorded in B67 5HR, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bearwood & Warley Woods
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,425 (2024)
B67 5HRSmethwick
How safe is B67 5HR
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B67 5HR 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
28.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
45
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).
B67 5HRNational
Violence and sexual offences17.023.6
Vehicle crime8.13.5
Other theft7.54.5
Burglary7.49.1
Other crime2.31.5
Criminal damage and arson2.14.7
Anti-social behaviour1.410.7
Public order1.34.6
Drugs1.22.4
Robbery0.61.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Shoplifting0.28.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 31% 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.