Postcode · Sutton Coldfield
Crime in B74 4AP
How much crime is recorded in B74 4AP, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Four Oaks
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 2,022 (2024)
B74 4APSutton Coldfield
How safe is B74 4AP
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 16.9 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B74 4AP 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
16.9
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
32
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 4APNational
Violence and sexual offences12.823.6
Shoplifting8.28.4
Burglary6.59.1
Criminal damage and arson3.04.7
Public order1.94.6
Vehicle crime1.93.5
Bicycle theft0.51.0
Anti-social behaviour0.410.7
Drugs0.32.4
Other crime0.31.5
Robbery0.21.4
Possession of weapons0.20.9
Other theft0.14.5
Theft from the person0.02.1
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 12% since 2022.
Higher-harm crimes per 1,000
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5
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20
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Source: data.police.uk street-level crime, resolved to neighbourhoods. Rates cover September 2025 to August 2026, the latest twelve months published.