Total Crime Rate
6.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Higgins Lane area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 30 local areas in Quinton , and the 27th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Higgins Lane (B32 1LH) in the last 12 months was 6.1 per 1,000 residents and was 93.8% lower than the Quinton average (98.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
In the area around Higgins Lane (B32 1LH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hopedale Road (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Quinton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopedale Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Ridgacre Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plimsoll Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ridgacre Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Bramcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hopedale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Meadow Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgewood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wedgewood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glyn Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Green Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Suncroft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Suncroft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Warple Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Warple Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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