Total Crime Rate
190.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
115.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Duddeston Mill Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 15 local areas in Nechells , and the 540th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Duddeston Mill Road (B7 4SU) in the last 12 months was 190.4 per 1,000 residents and was 64.3% higher than the Nechells average (115.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 50 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 55 (≈ 115.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 5.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -64.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Duddeston Mill Road (B7 4SU), the main crime hotspot is near Little Hall Road. Police recorded 35 crimes here, including 20 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Duddeston Manor Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Howford Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melvina Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melvina Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4132 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | B4132 | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Duddeston | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Duddeston | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Duddeston | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Little Hall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Little Hall Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Howford Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newbold Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hindlow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodmin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Kelsey Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Little Francis Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Little Francis Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodmin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hindlow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodmin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodmin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bodmin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hindlow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hindlow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hindlow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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