Total Crime Rate
32.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
19.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tomlan Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 23 local areas in Longbridge & West Heath , and the 461st 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 Tomlan Road (B31 3NU) in the last 12 months was 32.2 per 1,000 residents and was 72.6% lower than the Longbridge & West Heath average (117.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 19.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tomlan Road (B31 3NU), the main crime hotspot is near Ivyhouse Road. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 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 | Ivyhouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waggon Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redhill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Gibbs Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fryer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waggon Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Waggon Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waggon Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tomlan Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ivyhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ivyhouse Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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