Total Crime Rate
250.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
157.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodstock Road area has the 25th highest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 319th 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 9BE) in the last 12 months was 250.0 per 1,000 residents and was 93.3% 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 46 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 40.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 157.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -59.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodstock Road (B13 9BE), 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 | Vehicle crime | Ernest Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstock 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 | Ernest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Taunton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Ernest Road | 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 | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Roshven Road | 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 | Anti-social behaviour | Alder Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Alder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alder Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alder Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ernest Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ernest Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Pembroke Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Eton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cadbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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