Crime Rates at Lower Queen Street, Sutton Coldfield, B72 1RT

Lower Queen Street area has the 16th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Sutton Reddicap , and the 858th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Lower Queen Street (B72 1RT) in the last 12 months was 142.9 per 1,000 residents and was 88.5% higher than the Sutton Reddicap average (75.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 19.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 377.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Lower Queen Street (B72 1RT), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 199 crimes here, including 62 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.