Total Crime Rate

205.6 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 205.6 9/10
  • Shoplifting 43.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.6 8/10
  • Other theft 28.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.9 10/10
  • Public order 18.7 9/10
  • Burglary 15.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.5 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

South Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 496th 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 South Road (B14 7SE) in the last 12 months was 205.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.2% 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 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 166.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 62.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Road (B14 7SE), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 201 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in South Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking 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 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 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Highbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Fairfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Balaclava Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbots Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Abbots Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Highbury Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Waterloo Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Avenue Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Avenue Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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