Postcode · Birmingham
Crime in B31 5SA
How much crime is recorded in B31 5SA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Bartley Green & Shenley Fields
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,028 (2024)
B31 5SABirmingham
How safe is B31 5SA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 37.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B31 5SA area, above the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 7 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
7/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
37.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
55
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).
B31 5SANational
Violence and sexual offences24.523.6
Burglary11.49.1
Vehicle crime5.63.5
Criminal damage and arson4.74.7
Anti-social behaviour3.410.7
Public order2.84.6
Other theft2.44.5
Possession of weapons2.40.9
Other crime2.11.5
Robbery1.61.4
Drugs1.22.4
Theft from the person1.12.1
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
60
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.