Total Crime Rate

35.3 per 1,000 4/10 · 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 35.3 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.5 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.9 5/10
  • Drugs 2.9 2/10
  • Public order 2.9 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Woodfield Road area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 524th 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 Woodfield Road (B12 8TE) in the last 12 months was 35.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 26.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -9.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Woodfield Road (B12 8TE), the main crime hotspot is near Lime Grove. Police recorded 60 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Woodfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kingsley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Moseley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Malvern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oldfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Turnpike Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moseley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Vincent Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Moseley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Woodfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Moseley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Moseley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Malvern Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Vincent Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Conrad Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oakfield Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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