Postcode · Smethwick
Crime in B67 5NU
How much crime is recorded in B67 5NU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Warley South
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,489 (2024)
B67 5NUSmethwick
How safe is B67 5NU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B67 5NU 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
24.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
36
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 5NUNational
Violence and sexual offences13.723.6
Burglary11.49.1
Criminal damage and arson6.44.7
Vehicle crime4.73.5
Possession of weapons2.20.9
Drugs1.82.4
Public order1.44.6
Anti-social behaviour1.210.7
Theft from the person0.62.1
Other theft0.14.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.