Total Crime Rate

121.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

73.5 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 121.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 73.5 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 58.8 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.4 10/10
  • Public order 14.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.0 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.4 4/10
  • Theft from the person 7.4 8/10
  • Drugs 3.7 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Walsall Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 39 local areas in Oscott , and the 1064th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Old Walsall Road (B42 1HR) in the last 12 months was 121.3 per 1,000 residents and was 74.3% higher than the Oscott average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 73.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Walsall Road (B42 1HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Langdale Road, where police recorded 48 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Charnwood Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Walsall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Langdale Road —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Croyde Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Stanford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hobhouse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Old Walsall Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bardfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cedarwood Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spouthouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spouthouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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