Total Crime Rate
96.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shawbury Grove area has the 64th lowest crime rate of 146 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 1385th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shawbury Grove (B12 0TT) in the last 12 months was 96.4 per 1,000 residents and was 25.4% lower than the Balsall Heath West average (129.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 52.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -58.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shawbury Grove (B12 0TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Bradford Street, where police recorded 111 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Alcester Street (63 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salop Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bradford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bradford Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bradford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bradford Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Cheapside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Alcester Street | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Cheapside | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Canford Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Canford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shawbury Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shawbury Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradford Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Alcester Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Shawbury Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Salop Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Salop Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Salop Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Alcester Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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