Crime Rates at Wood End Road, Birmingham, B24 8BH

Wood End Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 347th 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 Wood End Road (B24 8BH) in the last 12 months was 237.6 per 1,000 residents and was 87.5% higher than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 56 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 72 (≈ 188.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wood End Road (B24 8BH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arton Croft, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Newman Road (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.