Total Crime Rate

136.9 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 136.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 45.6 10/10
  • Other theft 19.0 9/10
  • Shoplifting 19.0 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 15.2 7/10
  • Burglary 11.4 9/10
  • Robbery 7.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 7.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Drugs 3.8 4/10
  • Other crime 3.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Cheswood Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 19 local areas in Sutton Walmley & Minworth , and the 953rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Cheswood Drive (B76 1YE) in the last 12 months was 136.9 per 1,000 residents and was 188.2% 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 Vehicle crime with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 15.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -24.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Cheswood Drive (B76 1YE), the main crime hotspot is near Walmley Ash Road. Police recorded 95 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Cheswood Drive area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (9/9)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Walmley Ash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Walmley Ash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Stockton Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fulford Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walmley Ash Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walmley Ash Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Walmley Ash Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Walmley Ash Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Walmley Ash Road Under investigation
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Data Sources

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