Total Crime Rate

147.7 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 147.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 76.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Public order 16.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.4 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 8.4 6/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other crime 4.2 6/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 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

Tower Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 102 local areas in Sutton Four Oaks , and the 844th 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 Tower Road (B75 5EL) in the last 12 months was 147.7 per 1,000 residents and was 209.2% higher than the Sutton Four Oaks average (47.8 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 97.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 15.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 192.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tower Road (B75 5EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Grange Lane, where police recorded 17 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wheatley Close (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Tower Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Grange Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Harvey Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Wheatley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Wheatley Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bodington Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilmcote Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wilmcote Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harvey Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
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Data Sources

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