Postcode · Smethwick
Crime in B67 5LN
How much crime is recorded in B67 5LN, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bearwood & Warley Woods
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,449 (2024)
B67 5LNSmethwick
How safe is B67 5LN
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 26.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B67 5LN area, below 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
26.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
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 5LNNational
Violence and sexual offences16.823.6
Vehicle crime7.23.5
Other theft6.14.5
Burglary4.39.1
Anti-social behaviour3.710.7
Shoplifting2.98.4
Public order1.74.6
Criminal damage and arson1.14.7
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Robbery0.61.4
Other crime0.51.5
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 14% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.