Total Crime Rate
397.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
240.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodstock Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 141st highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Woodstock Road (B13 9BB) in the last 12 months was 397.1 per 1,000 residents and was 207.1% 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 67 offences recorded. The least common crime was Theft from the person with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 83 (≈ 240.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodstock Road (B13 9BB), the main crime hotspot is near Alder Road. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Moseley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Eton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bloomfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roshven Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roshven Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Roshven Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Queenswood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Poplar Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Church Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Church Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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