Total Crime Rate

110.1 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 110.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 61.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Other theft 8.8 7/10
  • Public order 8.8 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.4 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.4 4/10
  • Other crime 4.4 6/10
  • Theft from the person 4.4 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Dollery Drive area has the 70th lowest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1243rd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Dollery Drive (B5 7TF) in the last 12 months was 110.1 per 1,000 residents and was 19.1% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -75.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dollery Drive (B5 7TF), the main crime hotspot is near Hollies Croft. Police recorded 76 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Dollery Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hollies Croft Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hollies Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Hollies Croft Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wyatt Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dollery Drive Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Dollery Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime South Drive Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hollies Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Odell Place Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Odell Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Barsham Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Jacoby Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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