Total Crime Rate

217.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 217.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 44.1 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 23.7 10/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.6 6/10
  • Burglary 13.6 9/10
  • Other crime 6.8 8/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Anita Croft area has the 26th highest crime rate of 164 local areas in Erdington , and the 443rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Anita Croft (B23 7NU) in the last 12 months was 217.0 per 1,000 residents and was 74.2% higher than the Erdington average (124.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 105.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 4.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Anita Croft (B23 7NU), the main crime hotspot is near Minstead Road. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 67 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Anita Croft area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gravelly Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Minstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunton Hill Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hunton Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Further/Higher Educational Building
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Minstead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minstead Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gravelly Hill Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gravelly Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson A5127 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Minstead Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gravelly Hill Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Beverley Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Minstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Anita Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences A5127 Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Mount Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Oval Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Prince William Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pattison Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Knights Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft The Mount Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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