Total Crime Rate
276.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
102.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Dudley Road area has the 36th highest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 264th 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 Dudley Road (B18 7QY) in the last 12 months was 276.5 per 1,000 residents and was 23.0% lower than the Ladywood average (359.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -75.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 233.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 102.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -34.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Dudley Road (B18 7QY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Northbrook Street (41 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Cuthbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cuthbert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuthbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Link Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuthbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuthbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Summerfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Summerfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Summerfield Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellefield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | A4040 | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cuthbert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | B4135 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Northbrook Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Lansdowne Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Carlisle Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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