Total Crime Rate

52.5 per 1,000 5/10 · Typical

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 52.5 5/10
  • Burglary 9.3 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.2 5/10
  • Other theft 6.2 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 6.2 2/10
  • Drugs 3.1 3/10
  • Other crime 3.1 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.1 4/10
  • Public order 3.1 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.1 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Ashford Drive area has the 9th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Sutton Walmley & Minworth , and the 903rd lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Compared with the surrounding streets, this postcode does not stand out as either a particular hotspot or an unusually safe pocket. Crime levels in the neighbouring output areas are broadly in line with this area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ashford Drive (B76 1EN) in the last 12 months was 52.5 per 1,000 residents and was 10.5% higher than the Sutton Walmley & Minworth average (47.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 12.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ashford Drive (B76 1EN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Westlands Road, where police recorded 9 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingfisher Pool Way (8 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ashford Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (4/4)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Pentridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft The Fairways Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pentridge Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Westlands Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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