Total Crime Rate

166.7 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

97.6 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 166.7 9/10
  • Violent crimes 97.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 73.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.3 8/10
  • Burglary 16.3 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 16.3 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.2 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 8.1 9/10
  • Public order 8.1 6/10
  • Robbery 8.1 8/10
  • Other theft 4.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Upper Holland Road area has the 10th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Sutton Reddicap , and the 669th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Upper Holland Road (B72 1RD) in the last 12 months was 166.7 per 1,000 residents and was 119.9% higher than the Sutton Reddicap average (75.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -37.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Upper Holland Road (B72 1RD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 140 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Victoria Road (35 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

Crime Over Time in Upper Holland Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Holland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Victoria Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Upper Holland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coles Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Coleshill Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Victoria Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Farthing Pools Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farthing Pools Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Road

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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