Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B69 2HT
How much crime is recorded in B69 2HT, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- North Tividale
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,945 (2024)
B69 2HTOldbury
How safe is B69 2HT
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 35.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B69 2HT 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
35.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
53
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).
B69 2HTNational
Violence and sexual offences25.523.6
Burglary8.69.1
Vehicle crime6.13.5
Public order4.64.6
Other theft4.14.5
Criminal damage and arson3.74.7
Anti-social behaviour2.010.7
Shoplifting1.58.4
Other crime1.21.5
Robbery0.81.4
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Drugs0.62.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 38% 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.