Postcode · Sutton Coldfield
Crime in B74 2PS
How much crime is recorded in B74 2PS, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Sutton Coldfield North & Park
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,658 (2024)
B74 2PSSutton Coldfield
How safe is B74 2PS
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.4 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B74 2PS area, well below the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 4 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
4/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
16.4
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
21
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).
B74 2PSNational
Burglary12.49.1
Violence and sexual offences7.623.6
Vehicle crime2.83.5
Possession of weapons1.90.9
Public order1.84.6
Criminal damage and arson0.84.7
Other theft0.74.5
Anti-social behaviour0.510.7
Other crime0.41.5
Robbery0.31.4
Shoplifting0.08.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 48% 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.