Crime Rates at Beeches Road, Birmingham, B42 2HJ

Beeches 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 Beeches Road (B42 2HJ) 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 Beeches Road (B42 2HJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Poplar Rise, where police recorded 13 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Homelands (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.