Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B68 8DB
How much crime is recorded in B68 8DB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Langley Green
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,763 (2024)
B68 8DBOldbury
How safe is B68 8DB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B68 8DB area, broadly in line with 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
32.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
42
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 8DBNational
Violence and sexual offences22.223.6
Burglary8.39.1
Vehicle crime6.63.5
Other theft2.14.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Public order1.84.6
Anti-social behaviour1.610.7
Other crime1.01.5
Robbery1.01.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Drugs0.42.4
Shoplifting0.38.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 24% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.