Total Crime Rate

60.5 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

36.3 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 60.5 6/10
  • Violent crimes 36.3 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 31.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.3 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Robbery 2.4 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Walsall Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Perry Barr , and the 1066th lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Walsall Road (B42 1LR) in the last 12 months was 60.5 per 1,000 residents and was 50.6% lower than the Perry Barr average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -18.8% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 36.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -60.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Walsall Road (B42 1LR), the main crime hotspot is near Bescot Croft. Police recorded 212 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Walsall Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (19/19)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Tower Hill —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Poplar Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Gainsborough Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Sandringham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Homelands Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Homelands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sandringham Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Bescot Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tower Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Bescot Croft Under investigation
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Data Sources

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