Total Crime Rate
108.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Cayton Grove area has the 73rd highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 1273rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Cayton Grove (B23 5PP) in the last 12 months was 108.6 per 1,000 residents and was 12.8% lower than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -55.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 10 (≈ 24.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cayton Grove (B23 5PP), the main crime hotspot is near Norfolk Road. Police recorded 66 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Erdington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Somerset Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Norfolk Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Goosemoor Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Maitland Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Maitland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Maitland Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Goosemoor Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Baldmoor Lake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Baldmoor Lake Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Somerset Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Norfolk Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Jarvis Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cayton Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hawthorn Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Cayton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Cayton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mothers Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Norfolk Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Top Croft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarvis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Jarvis Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Top Croft Road | Under investigation |
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