Total Crime Rate
217.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Anita 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.
View Crime In Erdington| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Hill | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hunton Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Further/Higher Educational Building | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Minstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Minstead Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gravelly Hill | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Beverley Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Minstead Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Anita Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | A5127 | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | The Mount | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Oval Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Prince William Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pattison Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Knights Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | The Mount | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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