Total Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Middleton Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 1454th lowest 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 Middleton Road (B14 7HS) in the last 12 months was 81.2 per 1,000 residents and was 29.2% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 33.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Middleton Road (B14 7HS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 32 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheelers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Albert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Institute Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | St Judes Court | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wheelers Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Drayton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birdwell Croft | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howard Road East | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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