Postcode · Oldbury
Crime in B69 3JP
How much crime is recorded in B69 3JP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Great Bridge & Dudley Port
- Council
- Sandwell
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,640 (2024)
B69 3JPOldbury
How safe is B69 3JP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B69 3JP area, well 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
20.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
55
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 3JPNational
Shoplifting24.48.4
Violence and sexual offences14.223.6
Burglary10.19.1
Vehicle crime4.13.5
Other theft3.64.5
Public order1.74.6
Criminal damage and arson1.54.7
Anti-social behaviour1.110.7
Other crime0.81.5
Drugs0.52.4
Possession of weapons0.30.9
Robbery0.31.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 11% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
40
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.