Total Crime Rate
194.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Willow Road area has the 13th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 520th 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 Willow Road (B30 2AU) in the last 12 months was 194.7 per 1,000 residents and was 65.2% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 80.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Willow Road (B30 2AU), the main crime hotspot is near Raddlebarn Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 17 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 | Other crime | Matrons Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Tower View | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Willow Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tower View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matrons Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Matrons Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cottrell Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pavilion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Pavilion Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Raddlebarn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Raddlebarn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Raddlebarn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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