Total Crime Rate

459.6 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 459.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 174.2 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 53.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 50.5 8/10
  • Public order 37.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 32.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 32.8 10/10
  • Burglary 20.2 10/10
  • Robbery 17.7 10/10
  • Other theft 15.2 9/10
  • Drugs 10.1 8/10
  • Other crime 7.6 8/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Washwood Heath Road area has the 4th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 101st 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 Washwood Heath Road (B8 2NG) in the last 12 months was 459.6 per 1,000 residents and was 276.5% higher than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 69 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 3 cases , down -25.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 44.4% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 237.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -28.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Washwood Heath Road (B8 2NG), the main crime hotspot is near B4114. Police recorded 293 crimes here, including 64 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Washwood Heath Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/56)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Burney Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Stretton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Supermarket —
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Stretton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Stretton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wilkinson Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Josephs Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences St Josephs Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Emerald Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B4114 —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour B4114 —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B4114 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs B4114 Local resolution
Sep 2025Other theft B4114 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting B4114 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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