Total Crime Rate

144.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 144.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.8 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.1 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Public order 10.8 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.2 6/10
  • Other theft 7.2 6/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Welshmans Hill area has the 36th highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 872nd 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 Welshmans Hill (B73 6RZ) in the last 12 months was 144.4 per 1,000 residents and was 26.1% higher than the Kingstanding average (114.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 86.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 41.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 46.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welshmans Hill (B73 6RZ), the main crime hotspot is near Petersham Road. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 28 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Welshmans Hill area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (11/11)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petersham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Parkwood Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hatcham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Bendall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Leamount Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leamount Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Welshmans Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Honiley Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sudbury Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sudbury Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Petersham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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