Total Crime Rate
288.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Carriageway Walk area has the 4th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 256th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Carriageway Walk (B30 3PY) in the last 12 months was 288.9 per 1,000 residents and was 149.0% higher than the Brandwood & King's Heath average (116.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 155.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -17.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Carriageway Walk (B30 3PY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Iris Drive, where police recorded 97 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kelverdale Grove (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Brandwood & King's Heath| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Badon Covert | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Badon Covert | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Damar Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Kelverdale Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dauntsey Covert | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Withington Covert | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Iris Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lindsworth Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dauntsey Covert | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Lindsworth Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Cherhill Covert | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cherhill Covert | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Iris Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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