Total Crime Rate

154.1 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 154.1 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.4 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 32.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.4 9/10
  • Burglary 6.6 7/10
  • Drugs 6.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Other theft 3.3 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 4/10
  • Public order 3.3 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Sommerfield 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 3TB) 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 3TB), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Sommerfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Plough Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bean Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ox Leasow Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other crime Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour County Close
Sep 2025Drugs Tibbatts Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Plough Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foredraft Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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