Total Crime Rate

54.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

38.2 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 54.9 5/10
  • Violent crimes 38.2 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.6 6/10
  • Drugs 7.2 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.8 3/10
  • Other theft 4.8 5/10
  • Public order 4.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.4 2/10
  • Robbery 2.4 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yarnfield Road area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 955th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yarnfield Road (B11 3PG) in the last 12 months was 54.9 per 1,000 residents and was 61.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 38.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yarnfield Road (B11 3PG), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 133 crimes here, including 47 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Yarnfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walden Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Summer Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Bus/Coach Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ninefield Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wandle Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Walden Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tean Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tean Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Tean Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wandle Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Holcombe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Helstone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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