Police recorded 15,894 violence and sexual offences offences in Sandwell in the 12 months to June 2026, up 2.6% (397) on the previous 12 months. That is 45.0 per 1,000 residents against 34.7 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Violence and sexual offences”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 352,918
Monthly, May 2013 to June 2026
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 to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
2,283 (partial)
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June 2012
3,211
10.3
2012
June 2013
3,250
10.2
2013
June 2014
3,647
11.3
2014
June 2015
4,076
12.5
2015
June 2016
5,446
16.5
2016
June 2017
6,401
19.2
2017
June 2018
7,755
23.0
2018
June 2019
10,207
30.0
2019
June 2020
11,858
34.7
2020
June 2021
16,749
49.0
2021
June 2022
19,619
56.7
2022
June 2023
18,431
52.7
2023
June 2024
16,592
47.0
2024
June 2025
15,497
43.9
2025
June 2026
15,894
45.0
2025
What this measures
Offences against the person, from common assault and harassment to wounding, together with rape and other sexual offences. These are grouped together in the police.uk data and cannot be separated here.
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.