Total Crime Rate
325.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
142.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Drayton Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 73 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 198th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Drayton Road (B14 7LP) in the last 12 months was 325.6 per 1,000 residents and was 183.9% 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 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 125.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -8.8% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 142.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Drayton Road (B14 7LP), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 315 crimes here, including 135 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | A435 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Poplar Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Heathfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodville Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Institute Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goldsmith Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | High Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | High Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
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