Total Crime Rate

9.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very Low

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 9.5 1/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • Public order 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

Dorrington Road area has the lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Perry Barr , and the 57th 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 Dorrington Road (B42 1QS) in the last 12 months was 9.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.2% lower than the Perry Barr average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorrington Road (B42 1QS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Coleraine Road, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Montana Avenue (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dorrington Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Coleraine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Montana Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montana Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Hill —
Sep 2025Other theft Kingsdown Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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