Total Crime Rate
179.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
120.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Woodhouse Road area has the 11th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Harborne , and the 602nd 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 Woodhouse Road (B32 2DH) in the last 12 months was 179.8 per 1,000 residents and was 98.1% higher than the Harborne average (90.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 44 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 49 (≈ 120.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Woodhouse Road (B32 2DH), 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 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Selcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tedstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overdale 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Selcroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Selcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bourne Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bourne Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bourne Green | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bolney Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Selcroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Road | 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 | Vehicle crime | Dufton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Woodhouse Road | Under investigation |
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