Total Crime Rate
607.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
145.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chale Grove area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 63rd 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 Chale Grove (B14 4RY) in the last 12 months was 607.1 per 1,000 residents and was 529.3% higher than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 93 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 53 (≈ 145.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 29.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 56.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chale Grove (B14 4RY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Whitlock Grove, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Kingsthorpe Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shawbrook Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingsthorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Playdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moundsley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chale Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melfort Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melfort Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Whitlock Grove | Under investigation |
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