Total Crime Rate

287.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 287.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 115.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.0 10/10
  • Public order 26.1 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.2 8/10
  • Burglary 20.3 10/10
  • Other theft 20.3 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.4 9/10
  • Drugs 14.5 9/10
  • Robbery 11.6 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.8 8/10
  • Other crime 2.9 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Poplar Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 257th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Poplar Road (B14 7AD) in the last 12 months was 287.0 per 1,000 residents and was 147.4% higher than the Brandwood & King's Heath average (116.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 159.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Poplar Road (B14 7AD), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 205 crimes here, including 70 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Poplar Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Findlay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Shopping Area Local resolution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour High Street
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Robbery Drayton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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