Total Crime Rate

240.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 240.6 10/10
  • Shoplifting 97.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 26.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 22.6 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 18.8 7/10
  • Public order 18.8 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 15.0 8/10
  • Robbery 15.0 10/10
  • Other crime 11.3 10/10
  • Burglary 7.5 7/10
  • Drugs 7.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Welcombe Drive area has the 8th highest crime rate of 109 local areas in Sutton Reddicap , and the 371st 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 Welcombe Drive (B76 1ND) in the last 12 months was 240.6 per 1,000 residents and was 182.5% higher than the Sutton Reddicap average (85.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -57.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 56.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Welcombe Drive (B76 1ND), the main crime hotspot is near Alder Close. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Welcombe Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Alder Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Crawford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Checkley Croft —
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Alder Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Welcombe Drive —
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Welcombe Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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