Crime Rates at Wheats Avenue, Birmingham, B17 0RJ

Wheats Avenue area has the 29th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1049th highest 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 Wheats Avenue (B17 0RJ) in the last 12 months was 122.9 per 1,000 residents and was 14.6% higher than the Bartley Green average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 97.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wheats Avenue (B17 0RJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Elford Road, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beaumont Drive (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.