Total Crime Rate
403.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
162.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hale Grove area has the 9th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 135th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Hale Grove (B24 0NB) in the last 12 months was 403.4 per 1,000 residents and was 218.2% higher than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 40 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -16.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 162.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hale Grove (B24 0NB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sorrel Grove, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Jesmond Grove (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pype Hayes Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spencer Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pype Hayes Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sorrel Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chestergate Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Eaton Wood | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakmeadow Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hadfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jesmond Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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