Total Crime Rate
154.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Sommerfield Road area has the 22nd highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 794th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Sommerfield Road (B32 3TA) in the last 12 months was 154.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.7% higher than the Bartley Green average (111.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -75.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 82.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -20.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sommerfield Road (B32 3TA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough Avenue, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tibbatts Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bartley Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sommerfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Plough Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Tibbatts Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | County Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sommerfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wood Leasow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wood Leasow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Simcox Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bean Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Plough Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ox Leasow | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Foredraft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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