Total Crime Rate
235.5 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Oxford Road area has the 14th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 381st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Oxford Road (B27 6DU) in the last 12 months was 235.5 per 1,000 residents and was 60.3% higher than the Acocks Green average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 36 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 333.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 46 (≈ 121.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 2.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 322.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oxford Road (B27 6DU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 398 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Elmdon Road (56 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Acocks Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Mallard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Weates Yard | Formal action is not in the public interest |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Woodberry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Woodberry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Elmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Beeches Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Beeches Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Weates Yard | — |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Weates Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tanyards | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Roberts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Theatre/Concert Hall | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Mallard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Supermarket | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Mallard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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