Crime Rates at Wheats Avenue, Birmingham, B17 0RH

Wheats Avenue area has the 47th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1476th 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 Wheats Avenue (B17 0RH) in the last 12 months was 93.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.7% lower than the Bartley Green average (111.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 76.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheats Avenue (B17 0RH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elford Road, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaumont Drive (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.