Total Crime Rate

226.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

103.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 226.7 10/10
  • Violent crimes 103.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 65.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 38.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 17.0 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 17.0 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 14.8 8/10
  • Other theft 14.8 9/10
  • Public order 14.8 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.7 6/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Robbery 6.4 7/10
  • Theft from the person 6.4 7/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.1 1/10
  • Drugs 2.1 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Whitmore Road area has the 28th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 386th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Whitmore Road (B10 0NP) in the last 12 months was 226.7 per 1,000 residents and was 75.3% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 103.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Whitmore Road (B10 0NP), the main crime hotspot is near Chapman Road. Police recorded 64 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Whitmore Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Public order Vann Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Great Wood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Great Wood Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Great Wood Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Glovers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Glovers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cyril Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Storrs Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Storrs Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person Henshaw Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Watt'S Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Watt'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parliament Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Keats Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Keats Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Great Wood Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Keats Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Further/Higher Educational Building Local resolution
Apr 2026Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Langley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Langley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chapman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Chapman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Chapman Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Chapman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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