Total Crime Rate
112.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
80.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bickton Close area has the 70th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 1179th 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 Bickton Close (B24 0JA) in the last 12 months was 112.3 per 1,000 residents and was 11.4% lower than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 80.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bickton Close (B24 0JA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hayes Grove, where police recorded 18 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Welwyndale Road (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Malcolm Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bickton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hervey Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hervey Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Plants Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blithfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Campion Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bickton Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barnsbury Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berwood Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Berwood Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Windsor Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Malcolm Avenue | Under investigation |
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