Total Crime Rate
293.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
192.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Sycamore Crescent area has the 13th highest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 236th 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 Sycamore Crescent (B24 8DF) in the last 12 months was 293.9 per 1,000 residents and was 131.9% 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 94 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 104 (≈ 192.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 1.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Sycamore Crescent (B24 8DF), the main crime hotspot is near Petrol Station. Police recorded 177 crimes here, including 53 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
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 | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coppice Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lansdowne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lansdowne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Lansdowne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wood End Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Coppice Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Deakin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Deakin Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Trafalgar Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wood End Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Newman Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cherry Crescent | Under investigation |
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