Total Crime Rate

267.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 267.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 110.5 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 34.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 29.1 9/10
  • Burglary 29.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.3 9/10
  • Other theft 23.3 10/10
  • Public order 11.6 8/10
  • Drugs 5.8 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Forest Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Harborne , and the 295th 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 Forest Drive (B17 9HW) in the last 12 months was 267.4 per 1,000 residents and was 171.3% higher than the Harborne average (98.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 111.1% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 122.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 8.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Forest Drive (B17 9HW), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 112 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Forest Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Sep 2025Burglary Clarence Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Regent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Regent Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chad Valley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Chad Valley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Chad Valley Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft North Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences North Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Forest Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Forest Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rose Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
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Data Sources

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