Total Crime Rate

42.4 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.1 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 42.4 4/10
  • Violent crimes 31.1 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 28.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.7 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 5.7 5/10
  • Robbery 2.8 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Barnfield Grove area has the 12th lowest crime rate of 50 local areas in Handsworth Wood , and the 678th 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 Barnfield Grove (B20 1HE) in the last 12 months was 42.4 per 1,000 residents and was 40.9% lower than the Handsworth Wood average (71.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 31.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -68.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnfield Grove (B20 1HE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Amberley Green, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chalcot Grove (18 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barnfield Grove area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (20/20)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Chalcot Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Camplin Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Chalcot Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Chalcot Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Amberley Green Awaiting court outcome
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Data Sources

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