Total Crime Rate

105.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

25.6 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.4 8/10
  • Shoplifting 57.5 8/10
  • Violent crimes 25.6 5/10
  • Public order 12.8 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 9.6 2/10
  • Burglary 6.4 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.2 2/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Southlands Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 1263rd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Southlands Road (B13 9RL) in the last 12 months was 105.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.1% lower than the Brandwood & King's Heath average (114.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 45.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Southlands Road (B13 9RL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westlands Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northlands Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Southlands Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Dyott Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Billesley Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Billesley Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Westlands Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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