Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B68 9JA
How much crime is recorded in B68 9JA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bearwood & Warley Woods
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,416 (2024)
B68 9JAOldbury
How safe is B68 9JA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 24.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B68 9JA area, below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
24.6
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 9JANational
Violence and sexual offences13.223.6
Vehicle crime7.83.5
Burglary7.39.1
Other theft3.84.5
Criminal damage and arson3.34.7
Public order2.14.6
Anti-social behaviour1.310.7
Other crime0.91.5
Robbery0.81.4
Drugs0.72.4
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 32% 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.