Total Crime Rate
235.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Heathfield Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 380th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Heathfield Road (B14 7DB) in the last 12 months was 235.5 per 1,000 residents and was 103.0% 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 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -62.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 42 (≈ 122.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 73.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathfield Road (B14 7DB), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 240 crimes here, including 85 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Brandwood & King's Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Poplar Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Institute Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Institute Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bank Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Drayton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A435 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | A435 | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Addison Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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