Postcode · Sutton Coldfield
Crime in B74 4AL
How much crime is recorded in B74 4AL, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Four Oaks
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,714 (2024)
B74 4ALSutton Coldfield
How safe is B74 4AL
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 28.0 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B74 4AL area, broadly in line with the 31.1 average across England and Wales. That puts it in band 6 of 10 against all neighbourhoods.
Higher-harm crime band
6/ 10
Lowest crimeHighest crime
Around the middle of neighbourhoods in England and Wales.
Higher-harm
28.0
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
61
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 4ALNational
Shoplifting15.88.4
Violence and sexual offences14.823.6
Burglary10.09.1
Vehicle crime6.13.5
Public order5.34.6
Robbery3.41.4
Criminal damage and arson3.44.7
Other theft3.04.5
Anti-social behaviour1.810.7
Bicycle theft1.11.0
Other crime1.11.5
Theft from the person1.02.1
Possession of weapons0.60.9
Drugs0.42.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 27% 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.