Crime Statistics for Blackheath, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

This is our street level crime statistics overview for Blackheath in October 2024. There were a total of 247 incidents. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Shoplifting.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Blackheath, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	117
Shoplifting	27
Anti Social Behaviour	16
Vehicle Crime	15
Criminal Damage Arson	14
Public Order	14
Burglary	11
Other Theft	10
Other Crime	9
Robbery	6
Possession Of Weapons	4
Theft From The Person	2
Drugs	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	247

Map of street level crime incidents in October 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Blackheath. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Blackheath

We've taken the ten nearest places to Blackheath and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Blackheath has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Portway (1.24 miles)	437
Oldbury (1.39 miles)	427
Causeway Green (1.39 miles)	311
Langley Green (1.39 miles)	311
Rowley Regis (0.88 miles)	308
Blackheath	247
Bristnall Fields	240
Haden Cross (0.88 miles)	204
Springfield (1.39 miles)	199
Coombeswood (0.62 miles)	190

Where are the most violent places near Blackheath?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Blackheath and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Portway	242
Oldbury	224
Langley Green	151
Rowley Regis	148
Causeway Green	147
Blackheath	117
Coombeswood	116
Haden Cross	105
Bristnall Fields	92
Springfield	92

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Blackheath?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Blackheath to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Blackheath compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Blackheath and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward.Blackheath is ranked #6.

#	Ward	Score
1	Rowley	67
2	Langley	65
3	Tividale	60
4	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
5	Cradley Heath and Old Hill	57
6	Blackheath	56
7	Quarry Bank and Dudley Wood	54
8	Cradley and Wollescote	50
9	Halesowen North	48
10	Halesowen South	42
11	Belle Vale	34

Which road in Blackheath has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Blackheath with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Oldbury Road.