Total Crime Rate

171.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 171.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 18.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.4 7/10
  • Burglary 14.1 9/10
  • Other theft 14.1 9/10
  • Other crime 9.4 9/10
  • Public order 9.4 7/10
  • Drugs 4.7 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.7 7/10
  • Robbery 4.7 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Tanworth Grove area has the 47th highest crime rate of 148 local areas in Balsall Heath West , and the 671st highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Tanworth Grove (B12 9TU) in the last 12 months was 171.0 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% higher than the Balsall Heath West average (136.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 70.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -6.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tanworth Grove (B12 9TU), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 122 crimes here, including 50 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tanworth Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/40)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Cromer Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Gosford Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Camrose Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camrose Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Camrose Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Vincent Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tindal Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wenman Street Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Homer Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station —
Sep 2025Other theft Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lime Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Edgbaston Road East Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Edgbaston Road East Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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