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Other theft in Sandwell

12 months to June 2026

5.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,076 other theft offences in Sandwell in the 12 months to June 2026, down 6.1% (136) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.9 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 352,918

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 224 offencesOctober 2011: 189 offencesNovember 2011: 237 offencesDecember 2011: 217 offencesJanuary 2012: 199 offencesFebruary 2012: 198 offencesMarch 2012: 174 offencesApril 2012: 192 offencesMay 2012: 188 offencesJune 2012: 194 offencesJuly 2012: 194 offencesAugust 2012: 182 offencesSeptember 2012: 190 offencesOctober 2012: 182 offencesNovember 2012: 179 offencesDecember 2012: 143 offencesJanuary 2013: 127 offencesFebruary 2013: 135 offencesMarch 2013: 150 offencesApril 2013: 191 offencesMay 2013: 187 offencesJune 2013: 196 offencesJuly 2013: 190 offencesAugust 2013: 202 offencesSeptember 2013: 177 offencesOctober 2013: 180 offencesNovember 2013: 190 offencesDecember 2013: 186 offencesJanuary 2014: 168 offencesFebruary 2014: 175 offencesMarch 2014: 204 offencesApril 2014: 216 offencesMay 2014: 193 offencesJune 2014: 211 offencesJuly 2014: 224 offencesAugust 2014: 221 offencesSeptember 2014: 214 offencesOctober 2014: 171 offencesNovember 2014: 175 offencesDecember 2014: 171 offencesJanuary 2015: 180 offencesFebruary 2015: 151 offencesMarch 2015: 182 offencesApril 2015: 196 offencesMay 2015: 179 offencesJune 2015: 201 offencesJuly 2015: 193 offencesAugust 2015: 180 offencesSeptember 2015: 182 offencesOctober 2015: 164 offencesNovember 2015: 149 offencesDecember 2015: 145 offencesJanuary 2016: 124 offencesFebruary 2016: 145 offencesMarch 2016: 105 offencesApril 2016: 154 offencesMay 2016: 168 offencesJune 2016: 181 offencesJuly 2016: 192 offencesAugust 2016: 211 offencesSeptember 2016: 210 offencesOctober 2016: 209 offencesNovember 2016: 209 offencesDecember 2016: 205 offencesJanuary 2017: 215 offencesFebruary 2017: 235 offencesMarch 2017: 269 offencesApril 2017: 258 offencesMay 2017: 276 offencesJune 2017: 266 offencesJuly 2017: 244 offencesAugust 2017: 270 offencesSeptember 2017: 226 offencesOctober 2017: 220 offencesNovember 2017: 240 offencesDecember 2017: 210 offencesJanuary 2018: 234 offencesFebruary 2018: 203 offencesMarch 2018: 230 offencesApril 2018: 271 offencesMay 2018: 238 offencesJune 2018: 283 offencesJuly 2018: 317 offencesAugust 2018: 264 offencesSeptember 2018: 286 offencesOctober 2018: 256 offencesNovember 2018: 273 offencesDecember 2018: 241 offencesJanuary 2019: 235 offencesFebruary 2019: 200 offencesMarch 2019: 198 offencesApril 2019: 196 offencesMay 2019: 183 offencesJune 2019: 165 offencesJuly 2019: 188 offencesAugust 2019: 189 offencesSeptember 2019: 165 offencesOctober 2019: 152 offencesNovember 2019: 141 offencesDecember 2019: 141 offencesJanuary 2020: 160 offencesFebruary 2020: 161 offencesMarch 2020: 167 offencesApril 2020: 114 offencesMay 2020: 110 offencesJune 2020: 129 offencesJuly 2020: 146 offencesAugust 2020: 148 offencesSeptember 2020: 165 offencesOctober 2020: 147 offencesNovember 2020: 153 offencesDecember 2020: 152 offencesJanuary 2021: 149 offencesFebruary 2021: 143 offencesMarch 2021: 181 offencesApril 2021: 182 offencesMay 2021: 175 offencesJune 2021: 195 offencesJuly 2021: 196 offencesAugust 2021: 197 offencesSeptember 2021: 211 offencesOctober 2021: 162 offencesNovember 2021: 230 offencesDecember 2021: 210 offencesJanuary 2022: 201 offencesFebruary 2022: 195 offencesMarch 2022: 233 offencesApril 2022: 201 offencesMay 2022: 243 offencesJune 2022: 197 offencesJuly 2022: 223 offencesAugust 2022: 195 offencesSeptember 2022: 211 offencesOctober 2022: 227 offencesNovember 2022: 203 offencesDecember 2022: 229 offencesJanuary 2023: 195 offencesFebruary 2023: 188 offencesMarch 2023: 196 offencesApril 2023: 230 offencesMay 2023: 197 offencesJune 2023: 215 offencesJuly 2023: 204 offencesAugust 2023: 236 offencesSeptember 2023: 208 offencesOctober 2023: 181 offencesNovember 2023: 170 offencesDecember 2023: 180 offencesJanuary 2024: 201 offencesFebruary 2024: 167 offencesMarch 2024: 174 offencesApril 2024: 186 offencesMay 2024: 200 offencesJune 2024: 193 offencesJuly 2024: 192 offencesAugust 2024: 195 offencesSeptember 2024: 200 offencesOctober 2024: 190 offencesNovember 2024: 201 offencesDecember 2024: 211 offencesJanuary 2025: 148 offencesFebruary 2025: 152 offencesMarch 2025: 172 offencesApril 2025: 197 offencesMay 2025: 174 offencesJune 2025: 180 offencesJuly 2025: 172 offencesAugust 2025: 166 offencesSeptember 2025: 189 offencesOctober 2025: 171 offencesNovember 2025: 184 offencesDecember 2025: 179 offencesJanuary 2026: 168 offencesFebruary 2026: 144 offencesMarch 2026: 160 offencesApril 2026: 190 offencesMay 2026: 170 offencesJune 2026: 183 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20116,385 (partial)
June 20122,6598.52012
June 20139072.92013
June 20142030.62014
June 20152160.72015
June 20162830.92016
June 20172890.92017
June 20183761.12018
June 20194841.42019
June 20205471.62020
June 20217842.32021
June 20228212.42022
June 20238162.32023
June 20247722.22024
June 20258382.42025
June 20267452.12025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Sandwell

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Sandwell