Postcode · Birmingham
Crime in B47 5EB
How much crime is recorded in B47 5EB, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hollywood & Drakes Cross
- Council
- Bromsgrove
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,587 (2024)
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How safe is B47 5EB
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 34.5 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B47 5EB area, broadly in line with 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
34.5
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
87
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).
B47 5EBNational
Shoplifting27.98.4
Violence and sexual offences24.823.6
Burglary10.09.1
Anti-social behaviour8.610.7
Criminal damage and arson7.64.7
Public order5.14.6
Vehicle crime4.13.5
Other theft2.14.5
Robbery1.21.4
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Other crime0.51.5
Possession of weapons0.50.9
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 47% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
20
40
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80
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.