Postcode · Birmingham
Crime in B42 1QA
How much crime is recorded in B42 1QA, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Perry Barr & South Hamstead
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,465 (2024)
B42 1QABirmingham
How safe is B42 1QA
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 39.7 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B42 1QA 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
39.7
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
54
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).
B42 1QANational
Violence and sexual offences28.923.6
Burglary8.49.1
Vehicle crime6.53.5
Criminal damage and arson6.04.7
Other theft3.04.5
Public order2.04.6
Other crime1.11.5
Robbery1.01.4
Shoplifting1.08.4
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Drugs0.62.4
Anti-social behaviour0.610.7
Bicycle theft0.31.0
Higher-harm crime over time
The rate has been broadly flat since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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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.