Total Crime Rate

127.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

63.7 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 127.3 8/10
  • Violent crimes 63.7 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 56.2 9/10
  • Drugs 15.0 9/10
  • Other theft 15.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 11.2 6/10
  • Public order 7.5 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.8 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Brook Lane area has the 37th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 992nd 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 Brook Lane (B13 0BU) in the last 12 months was 127.3 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% higher than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 63.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Brook Lane (B13 0BU), the main crime hotspot is near Coleside Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Brook Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (5/5)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Heythrop Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Heythrop Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Coleside Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Knutswood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Willersey Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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