Total Crime Rate
14.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
3.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026First Avenue area has the 2nd lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Sutton Walmley & Minworth , and the 148th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around First Avenue (B76 1BA) in the last 12 months was 14.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.7% lower than the Sutton Walmley & Minworth average (52.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 100.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around First Avenue (B76 1BA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wattisham Square, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Baginton Road (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
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