Postcode · Sutton Coldfield
Crime in B73 5LP
How much crime is recorded in B73 5LP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Chester Road
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,601 (2024)
B73 5LPSutton Coldfield
How safe is B73 5LP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 36.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B73 5LP 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
36.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
56
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).
B73 5LPNational
Violence and sexual offences24.923.6
Burglary10.89.1
Vehicle crime5.93.5
Public order4.84.6
Criminal damage and arson4.64.7
Other theft4.54.5
Anti-social behaviour2.210.7
Possession of weapons1.40.9
Other crime1.21.5
Theft from the person0.92.1
Drugs0.72.4
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Shoplifting0.18.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 9% 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.