Total Crime Rate
83.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
57.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wellesbourne Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Birchfield , and the 1481st lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wellesbourne Road (B20 3TH) in the last 12 months was 83.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.3% lower than the Birchfield average (127.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 57.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -79.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wellesbourne Road (B20 3TH), the main crime hotspot is near Hamstead Road. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bowling Green Lane | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Church Vale | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Gibson Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Gibson Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | West Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | David Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | David Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Church Vale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Cliff Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Vale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Robert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Robert Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Robert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Robert Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Paul Byrne Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wye Cliff Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Robert Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaudesert Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winston Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bowling Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowling Green Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hamstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Beaudesert Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trinity Way | Under investigation |
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