Total Crime Rate

99.2 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 99.2 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.3 8/10
  • Other crime 12.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.3 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.3 6/10
  • Public order 8.3 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.3 7/10
  • Burglary 4.1 5/10
  • Drugs 4.1 5/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Wakeford Road area has the 36th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 1391st 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 Wakeford Road (B31 3LJ) in the last 12 months was 99.2 per 1,000 residents and was 1.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 49.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Wakeford Road (B31 3LJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 76 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Aldersmead Road (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Wakeford Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elms Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnlea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hospital Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elms Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Johns Court Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Burnlea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Houldey Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnlea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnlea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnlea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnlea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Ivyhouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Burnlea Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tristram Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Seven Acres Road Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Public order Ivyhouse Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Houldey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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