Total Crime Rate

52.6 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 52.6 5/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 23.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.6 4/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Other crime 6.6 8/10
  • Drugs 3.3 3/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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
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

Weoley Castle Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 906th 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 Weoley Castle Road (B29 5QD) in the last 12 months was 52.6 per 1,000 residents and was 53.0% lower than the Bartley Green average (111.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -69.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Weoley Castle Road (B29 5QD), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Square. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Weoley Castle Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pailton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Weoley Castle Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barcheston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Barcheston Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Stoneton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Stoneton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beckbury Road
Sep 2025Other theft Gregory Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hopstone Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Quarry Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barcheston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Castle Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Castle Square Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Castle Square Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Castle Square
Sep 2025Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shopping Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barcheston Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beckbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Barcheston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spernall Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Pailton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pailton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pailton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pailton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pailton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ruckley Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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