Crime Rates at Melton Road, Kings Heath, Birmingham, B14 7ES

Melton Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 990th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Melton Road (B14 7ES) in the last 12 months was 127.5 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% higher 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 Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 67.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Melton Road (B14 7ES), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Institute Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Drayton Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.