Postcode · Sutton Coldfield
Crime in B74 4UF
How much crime is recorded in B74 4UF, what kind, and how it compares with the rest of the country.
- Neighbourhood
- Hill Hook
- Council
- Birmingham
- Region
- West Midlands
- Neighbourhood population
- 1,615 (2024)
B74 4UFSutton Coldfield
How safe is B74 4UF
Higher-harm crime — violence, robbery, burglary, vehicle crime and weapons offences — runs at 19.6 offences per 1,000 people a year in the B74 4UF 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
19.6
Per 1,000 a year · England & Wales 31.1
All crime
35
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 4UFNational
Violence and sexual offences11.723.6
Criminal damage and arson5.14.7
Vehicle crime4.83.5
Burglary4.69.1
Public order4.24.6
Anti-social behaviour3.110.7
Other crime1.81.5
Possession of weapons0.90.9
Other theft0.94.5
Robbery0.71.4
Drugs0.52.4
Higher-harm crime over time
It has fallen 21% 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.