Postcode · Sutton Coldfield
Crime in B73 5RS
How much crime is recorded in B73 5RS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Wylde Green
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,587 (2024)
B73 5RSSutton Coldfield
How safe is B73 5RS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 20.1 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B73 5RS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 5 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
5/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
20.1
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
25
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 5RSNational
Burglary11.09.1
Violence and sexual offences9.423.6
Vehicle crime6.73.5
Criminal damage and arson2.74.7
Anti-social behaviour1.010.7
Other theft0.74.5
Public order0.64.6
Robbery0.51.4
Theft from the person0.32.1
Other crime0.11.5
Higher-harm crime over time
It has risen 50% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
0
10
20
30
2022202320242025
Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.