Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B68 9EU
How much crime is recorded in B68 9EU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Warley South
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,851 (2024)
B68 9EUOldbury
How safe is B68 9EU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 25.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B68 9EU area, below 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
25.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
37
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 9EUNational
Violence and sexual offences20.423.6
Burglary8.69.1
Drugs2.22.4
Vehicle crime2.23.5
Criminal damage and arson2.04.7
Other crime1.91.5
Other theft1.94.5
Anti-social behaviour1.510.7
Public order1.54.6
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 53% 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.