Total Crime Rate
31.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Old Oak Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Druids Heath & Monyhull , and the 439th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Old Oak Road (B38 9AJ) in the last 12 months was 31.0 per 1,000 residents and was 66.5% lower than the Druids Heath & Monyhull average (92.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 12.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 10.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Old Oak Road (B38 9AJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 95 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brooklea Grove (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Druids Heath & Monyhull| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Back Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Bentmead Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Canal Side Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lanchester Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Chapel Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklea Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooklea Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shortlands Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hill Bank Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Brooklea Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owens Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Owens Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Ernest Court | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Back Road | Under investigation |
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