Total Crime Rate

30.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 30.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.1 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Burglary 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Woodlands Road area has the lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Small Heath , and the 429th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Woodlands Road (B11 4ES) in the last 12 months was 30.6 per 1,000 residents and was 52.9% lower than the Small Heath average (65.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 13.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodlands Road (B11 4ES), the main crime hotspot is near Pickwick Grove. Police recorded 80 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodlands Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Oakwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Lyons Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Grove Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Oakwood Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Eileen Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime College Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greswolde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Greswolde Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geoffrey Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences College Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs The Vale Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Pickwick Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Park Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nansen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Nansen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Philip Sidney Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Philip Sidney Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pickwick Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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