Total Crime Rate

87.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.5 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 87.2 7/10
  • Violent crimes 50.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.9 8/10
  • Burglary 13.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.2 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 4.6 5/10
  • Public order 4.6 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

West Drive area has the 37th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 1527th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around West Drive (B5 7RT) in the last 12 months was 87.2 per 1,000 residents and was 26.0% lower than the Bournbrook & Selly Park average (117.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Burglary ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 72.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around West Drive (B5 7RT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wyatt Close (22 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in West Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (8/8)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyatt Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Dollery Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyatt Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Jacoby Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Pebble Mill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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