Total Crime Rate
55.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mountfield Close area has the 46th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 957th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Mountfield Close (B14 5BU) in the last 12 months was 55.0 per 1,000 residents and was 43.0% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 22.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -56.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mountfield Close (B14 5BU), the main crime hotspot is near Saxons Way. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 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 | Littlecote Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kingsthorpe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Kingsthorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingsthorpe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shawbrook Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Henlow Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Forder Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mountfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lark Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Saxons Way | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Saxons Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moundsley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mountfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Playdon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Littlecote Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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