Total Crime Rate
126.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Weoley Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 85 local areas in Bournville & Cotteridge , and the 1009th 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 Weoley Avenue (B29 6PP) in the last 12 months was 126.3 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% higher than the Bournville & Cotteridge average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 59.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Weoley Avenue (B29 6PP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Strathdene Gardens, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Howes Rise (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Strathdene Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Weoley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strathdene Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strathdene Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Greenhill Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Falconhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Huddleston Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Strathdene Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Saunton Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawthorn Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Weoley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weoley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Falconhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howes Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howes Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howes Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Howes Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Howes Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Howes Rise | Under investigation |
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