Postcode · Smethwick
Crime in B67 7PL
How much crime is recorded in B67 7PL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Smethwick North & West
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,851 (2024)
B67 7PLSmethwick
How safe is B67 7PL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B67 7PL area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
35.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
53
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 7PLNational
Violence and sexual offences27.823.6
Burglary8.89.1
Drugs5.52.4
Other theft4.34.5
Vehicle crime2.93.5
Public order2.74.6
Possession of weapons2.00.9
Criminal damage and arson1.84.7
Other crime1.31.5
Anti-social behaviour1.110.7
Theft from the person0.92.1
Robbery0.71.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 46% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
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80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.