Total Crime Rate
139.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
93.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lyncroft Road area has the 41st highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 893rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lyncroft Road (B11 3EH) in the last 12 months was 139.8 per 1,000 residents and was 0.6% lower than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 48 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 93.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lyncroft Road (B11 3EH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Road, where police recorded 52 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near New Imperial Crescent (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cateswell Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Imperial Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Matlock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Matlock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyncroft Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Clifford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Clifford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shaftmoor Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Cateswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Shaftmoor Lane | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Shaftmoor Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arcot Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Shaftmoor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whisley Brook Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Whisley Brook Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cateswell Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Imperial Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cateswell Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springcroft Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Springcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Springcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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