Postcode · Birmingham
Crime in B28 9BU
How much crime is recorded in B28 9BU, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wake Green East & Moseley Bog
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,881 (2024)
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How safe is B28 9BU
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 29.2 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B28 9BU area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
29.2
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
43
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 67
What crime is recorded
Offences per 1,000 people a year, at-risk population (residents plus people who work here; households for burglary).
B28 9BUNational
Violence and sexual offences18.123.6
Burglary13.59.1
Vehicle crime6.23.5
Criminal damage and arson5.74.7
Other theft2.64.5
Public order2.34.6
Drugs1.22.4
Anti-social behaviour1.110.7
Possession of weapons0.80.9
Other crime0.71.5
Robbery0.71.4
Shoplifting0.18.4
Bicycle theft0.11.0
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 16% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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20
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40
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.