Total Crime Rate
48.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
32.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Poplar Grove area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 796th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Poplar Grove (B19 1JS) in the last 12 months was 48.0 per 1,000 residents and was 61.7% lower than the Aston average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 32.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Poplar Grove (B19 1JS), the main crime hotspot is near Fladbury Gardens. Police recorded 120 crimes here, including 74 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 | Heathfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leonard Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leonard Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Wilson Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilson Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haughton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haughton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haughton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haughton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haughton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haughton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | New Inn Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | New Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | New Inn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | New Inn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Street | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilton Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bennett Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Leonard Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | New Inn Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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