Total Crime Rate

50.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

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 50.5 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 18.9 5/10
  • Drugs 9.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.3 5/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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 End Road area has the 51st lowest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 868th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Wood End Road (B24 8AD) in the last 12 months was 50.5 per 1,000 residents and was 59.5% lower than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2023. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 22.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood End Road (B24 8AD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 209 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Coton Lane (58 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wood End Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorsheath Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Newman Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Oakfield Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorsheath Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorsheath Gardens Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Oxford Road Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft Oxford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Oxford Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Oxford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Coton Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4139 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coton Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences York Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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