Total Crime Rate
93.3 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Church Lane area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 22 local areas in Birchfield , and the 1474th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Church Lane (B20 2HJ) in the last 12 months was 93.3 per 1,000 residents and was 28.6% lower than the Birchfield average (130.7 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 Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 40.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 18.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Church Lane (B20 2HJ), the main crime hotspot is near Endwood Court Road. Police recorded 72 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birchfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Packwood Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kilbys Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilbys Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Kilbys Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Green | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Copper Beech Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Copper Beech Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Copper Beech Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Selborne Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Winleigh Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Packwood Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Endwood Court Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Endwood Court Road | Under investigation |
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