Total Crime Rate
164.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
110.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Heathland Avenue area has the 25th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 685th 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 Heathland Avenue (B34 6LR) in the last 12 months was 164.3 per 1,000 residents and was 33.5% higher than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (123.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 110.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 18.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Heathland Avenue (B34 6LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wellcroft Road, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Shopton Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Teesdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wellcroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopton Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shopton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haxby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Teesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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