Total Crime Rate
26.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
17.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Wychall Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 353rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Wychall Road (B31 3AP) in the last 12 months was 26.5 per 1,000 residents and was 74.1% lower than the Allens Cross average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 17.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 41.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Wychall Road (B31 3AP), the main crime hotspot is near Westcroft Grove. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 39 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dice Pleck | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrawley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Dice Pleck | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shrawley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkswood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Open Field Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Overbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overbury Close | Under investigation |
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