Postcode · Smethwick
Crime in B67 5QD
How much crime is recorded in B67 5QD, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bearwood & Warley Woods
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,304 (2024)
B67 5QDSmethwick
How safe is B67 5QD
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B67 5QD area, well 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
19.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
29
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 5QDNational
Violence and sexual offences14.123.6
Burglary5.89.1
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Other theft2.04.5
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Public order1.24.6
Robbery0.61.4
Other crime0.61.5
Shoplifting0.68.4
Drugs0.62.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 42% 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.