Crime Rates at South Drive, Birmingham, B5 7RU

South Drive area has the 36th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 1454th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around South Drive (B5 7RU) in the last 12 months was 91.4 per 1,000 residents and was 22.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 74.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around South Drive (B5 7RU), 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.