Total Crime Rate
185.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
126.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Jaffray Crescent area has the 36th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 569th 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 Jaffray Crescent (B24 8BE) in the last 12 months was 185.0 per 1,000 residents and was 45.9% higher 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 42 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 47 (≈ 126.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Jaffray Crescent (B24 8BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Arton Croft, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lansdowne Road (33 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 | Lyndhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodlea Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Jaffray Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jaffray Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Newman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood End Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Deakin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deakin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Oakfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wood End Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ullrik Green | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Arton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Jaffray Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Jaffray Road | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cecil Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Jaffray Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coppice Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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