Total Crime Rate
42.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Holcombe Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 690th 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 Holcombe Road (B11 3PL) in the last 12 months was 42.8 per 1,000 residents and was 69.6% 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 9 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 26.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Holcombe Road (B11 3PL), the main crime hotspot is near Rye Grove. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Rye Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rye Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yarnfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Onslow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heathcliff Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briarfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rye Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Knights Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Helstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tean Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tean Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Rye Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Haybrook Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Mayfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Mayfield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Haybrook Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyseley Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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