Total Crime Rate

122.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 122.0 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 71.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.2 5/10
  • Other theft 10.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.8 6/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

West Heath Road area has the 32nd highest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 1090th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Heath Road (B31 3AN) in the last 12 months was 122.0 per 1,000 residents and was 21.3% higher than the King's Norton North average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 78.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 35.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 75.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Heath Road (B31 3AN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Fairfax Drive (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Heath Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hollyoak Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Condover Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chesterfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chirbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chirbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chirbury Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Chirbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Chirbury Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Chirbury Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Morelands Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgehill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tristram Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Houldey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Houldey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Fairfax Drive
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Fairfax Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Heath Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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