Total Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
73.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lingard Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Sutton Reddicap , and the 832nd 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 Lingard Road (B75 7EB) in the last 12 months was 146.0 per 1,000 residents and was 92.6% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 73.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lingard Road (B75 7EB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bracken Drive, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Reddicap Heath Road (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carhampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newdigate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Newdigate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Newdigate Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bracken Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bracken Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carhampton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bracken Drive | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bracken Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bracken Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springfield Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Springfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Falcon Lodge Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Lingard Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Ogley Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Bracken Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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