Total Crime Rate

142.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

19.5 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

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 142.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 84.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 19.5 4/10
  • Other crime 13.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.0 3/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.5 5/10
  • Drugs 6.5 7/10
  • Robbery 6.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Victoria Road 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 Victoria Road (B72 1SY) 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 Victoria Road (B72 1SY), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 160 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Victoria Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Upper Holland Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2026Vehicle crime Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Victoria Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Victoria Road —
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Queen Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Conference/Exhibition Centre Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Victoria Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Parking Area —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Farthing Pools Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lower Reddicroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Shopping Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Farthing Pools Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Reddicroft —
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lower Reddicroft —
Apr 2026Bicycle theft Lower Reddicroft Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Lower Reddicroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Lower Reddicroft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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