Total Crime Rate
179.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Archers Close area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 180 local areas in Kingstanding , and the 605th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Archers Close (B23 5XW) in the last 12 months was 179.5 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% higher than the Kingstanding average (113.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 128.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -18.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Archers Close (B23 5XW), the main crime hotspot is near Chinley Grove. Police recorded 46 crimes here, including 26 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Hurstwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wareing Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wiseman Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Langholm Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Langholm Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marys View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Marys View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Hurstway | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Priors Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chinley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hurstwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Hurstwood Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shepherds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Chinley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shepherds Way | Under investigation |
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