Total Crime Rate
88.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wood End Road area has the 83rd highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 1513th highest 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 Wood End Road (B24 8AE) in the last 12 months was 88.3 per 1,000 residents and was 30.3% lower than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 25.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wood End Road (B24 8AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 177 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near B4139 (72 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B4139 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B4139 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jaffray Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jaffray Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B4139 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coton Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | B4139 | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | B4139 | Under investigation |
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