Total Crime Rate
113.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Murdock Grove area has the 27th lowest crime rate of 74 local areas in Handsworth , and the 1160th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Murdock Grove (B21 0PN) in the last 12 months was 113.9 per 1,000 residents and was 41.9% lower than the Handsworth average (196.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Murdock Grove (B21 0PN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 101 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bus/Coach Station (57 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Mount Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winsham Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Trafalgar Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Warstone Terrace | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dora Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Mary Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mary Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Babington Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Terrace | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Bus/Coach Station | — |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Boulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Boulton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Boulton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Winsham Grove | Under investigation |
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