Total Crime Rate
13.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026West Boulevard area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Harborne , and the 131st 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 West Boulevard (B32 2DE) in the last 12 months was 13.6 per 1,000 residents and was 85.0% lower than the Harborne average (90.7 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 , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -71.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around West Boulevard (B32 2DE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 110 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Selcroft Avenue (70 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Selcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Selcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selcroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selcroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Tennal Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tedstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Woodhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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