Total Crime Rate

129.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 129.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 72.3 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.1 7/10
  • Other crime 9.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.0 7/10
  • Other theft 6.0 6/10
  • Public order 6.0 5/10
  • Burglary 3.0 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.0 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.0 4/10
  • Robbery 3.0 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Wood Green Road area has the 48th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 1030th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood Green Road (B18 4DJ) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 66.2% lower than the Ladywood average (383.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 84.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 103.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood Green Road (B18 4DJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Twyning Road, where police recorded 79 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Heath Green Road (50 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wood Green Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Moilliett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bryant Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cavendish Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cavendish Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cavendish Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cuthbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cuthbert Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Algernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Smeaton Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Twyning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twyning Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twyning Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Twyning Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Algernon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moilliett Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moilliett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Moilliett Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winson Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Moilliett Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Algernon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wood Green Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Heath Green Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation

Data Sources

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