Total Crime Rate
454.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
59.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026White Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Harborne , and the 105th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around White Road (B32 2AE) in the last 12 months was 454.9 per 1,000 residents and was 401.3% higher than the Harborne average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 59.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 172.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around White Road (B32 2AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wolverhampton Road South (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Quinton| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Wolverhampton Road South | — |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | White Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Thornhurst Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Holly Bush Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wolverhampton Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Wolverhampton Road South | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wolverhampton Road South | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birch Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Birch Road | Under investigation |
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