Total Crime Rate
8.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
6.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Windyridge Road area has the lowest crime rate of 19 local areas in Sutton Walmley & Minworth , and the 63rd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Windyridge Road (B76 1HR) in the last 12 months was 8.9 per 1,000 residents and was 82.8% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 6.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Windyridge Road (B76 1HR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hadleigh Croft, where police recorded 5 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Overdale Avenue (4 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Plants Brook Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plants Brook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Maythorn Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadleigh Croft | Under investigation |
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