Total Crime Rate

444.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 444.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 303.3 10/10
  • Other theft 61.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.8 5/10
  • Burglary 10.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Public order 3.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Webster Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 107th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Webster Close (B72 1AZ) in the last 12 months was 444.0 per 1,000 residents and was 256.5% higher than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 84 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -83.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 50.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 366.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 611.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Webster Close (B72 1AZ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 116 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (21 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Webster Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Orphanage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shopping Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Douay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Douay Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Douay Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Orphanage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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