Total Crime Rate

79.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

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 79.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.1 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.1 5/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.1 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Queslett Road area has the 15th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oscott , and the 1412th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Queslett Road (B43 7DS) in the last 12 months was 79.3 per 1,000 residents and was 17.4% higher than the Oscott average (67.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 112.5% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 54.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 80.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Queslett Road (B43 7DS), the main crime hotspot is near Privet Close. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 15 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Queslett Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Privet Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Lambeth Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Copthorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Copthorne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brompton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lambeth Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Netherhouse Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary B4149 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Privet Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Eastlake Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Privet Close Under investigation
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Data Sources

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