Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B68 9QL
How much crime is recorded in B68 9QL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Warley West
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,871 (2024)
B68 9QLOldbury
How safe is B68 9QL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 38.8 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B68 9QL area, above 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
38.8
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
64
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 9QLNational
Violence and sexual offences29.523.6
Burglary12.39.1
Shoplifting11.18.4
Vehicle crime4.43.5
Other theft3.94.5
Public order3.44.6
Criminal damage and arson3.14.7
Other crime1.91.5
Drugs1.52.4
Possession of weapons1.10.9
Robbery0.51.4
Anti-social behaviour0.210.7
Theft from the person0.22.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 48% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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80
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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.