Total Crime Rate

36.9 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 36.9 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 24.6 6/10
  • Other crime 4.9 7/10
  • Burglary 2.5 1/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Elgin Grove area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 24 local areas in Heartlands , and the 567th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Elgin Grove (B25 8PA) in the last 12 months was 36.9 per 1,000 residents and was 62.4% lower than the Heartlands average (97.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -33.3% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 27.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -16.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Elgin Grove (B25 8PA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Geraldine Road, where police recorded 57 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Moreton Close (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Elgin Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flora Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order The Ring Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Moreton Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Moreton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moreton Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Allerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Allerton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Howard Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Howard Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Howard Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ring Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Fast Pits Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Ring Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geraldine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Holder Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Rosedale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kathleen Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Henshaw Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Flora Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Deakins Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Deakins Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Geraldine Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Washford Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Geraldine Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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