Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B68 8SA
How much crime is recorded in B68 8SA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Oldbury & Rood End
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,201 (2024)
B68 8SAOldbury
How safe is B68 8SA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 32.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B68 8SA 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
32.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
49
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 8SANational
Violence and sexual offences21.623.6
Burglary16.89.1
Vehicle crime5.53.5
Criminal damage and arson5.14.7
Other theft3.64.5
Anti-social behaviour3.110.7
Drugs2.02.4
Public order1.84.6
Possession of weapons1.20.9
Robbery1.11.4
Other crime0.61.5
Theft from the person0.42.1
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 30% 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.