Total Crime Rate

157.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 157.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 86.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.9 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.1 8/10
  • Public order 13.1 8/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Drugs 5.2 6/10
  • Burglary 2.6 1/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.6 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Wharfdale Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 773rd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Wharfdale Road (B11 2DT) in the last 12 months was 157.1 per 1,000 residents and was 6.9% higher than the Acocks Green average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 102.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 30.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 58.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wharfdale Road (B11 2DT), the main crime hotspot is near Blossomville Way. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Wharfdale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acorn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wharf Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilmorie Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilmorie Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Leybourne Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leybourne Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Juniper Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fenton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fenton Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Acorn Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kilmorie Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leybourne Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Blossomville Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elsworth Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Retford Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Retford Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorothy Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorothy Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Blossomville Way —
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Data Sources

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