Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B68 0NY
How much crime is recorded in B68 0NY, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Warley South
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,675 (2024)
B68 0NYOldbury
How safe is B68 0NY
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 30.3 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B68 0NY 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
30.3
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
54
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).
B68 0NYNational
Violence and sexual offences18.023.6
Shoplifting14.68.4
Burglary13.09.1
Vehicle crime6.93.5
Criminal damage and arson3.24.7
Anti-social behaviour2.410.7
Other crime1.91.5
Drugs1.02.4
Possession of weapons0.70.9
Public order0.54.6
Robbery0.41.4
Other theft0.24.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 35% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
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40
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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.