Total Crime Rate

80.5 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 80.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 33.6 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.8 9/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.0 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 5.0 8/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Drugs 1.7 1/10
  • Shoplifting 1.7 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Cheston Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 15 local areas in Nechells , and the 1432nd lowest 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 Cheston Road (B7 5EH) in the last 12 months was 80.5 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% lower than the Nechells average (116.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 41.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -62.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheston Road (B7 5EH), the main crime hotspot is near Cromwell Street. Police recorded 39 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheston Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (6/6)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charles Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walter Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cromwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cromwell Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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