Total Crime Rate

135.7 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 135.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.6 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.3 10/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.1 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.1 5/10
  • Drugs 7.1 7/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Other theft 3.6 3/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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 31st highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 964th 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 Washwood Heath Road (B8 2XE) in the last 12 months was 135.7 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% higher than the Alum Rock average (94.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 85.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Washwood Heath Road (B8 2XE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 43 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Woodcote Drive (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Washwood Heath Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (18/18)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Ward End Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodcote Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mossvale Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Woodcote Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodcote Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Park/Open Space Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Warren Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Warren Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Warren Grove —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Coronation Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Coronation Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wagoners Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Swan Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ward End Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Ward End Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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