Total Crime Rate
215.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Warwards Lane area has the 11th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 425th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Warwards Lane (B29 7QR) in the last 12 months was 215.0 per 1,000 residents and was 82.4% higher than the Bournbrook & Selly Park average (117.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 44 (≈ 86.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 168.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Warwards Lane (B29 7QR), the main crime hotspot is near Teignmouth Road. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Elmdon Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gristhorpe Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elmdon Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwards Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Warwards Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Teignmouth Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Teignmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Teignmouth Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Park Corner | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raddlebarn Farm Drive | Under investigation |
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