Total Crime Rate

130.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 130.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 67.2 9/10
  • Public order 15.8 9/10
  • Burglary 11.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Other theft 7.9 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Malvern Road area has the 45th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1020th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Malvern Road (B27 6EH) in the last 12 months was 130.4 per 1,000 residents and was 11.2% lower 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 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 83.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 40.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 23.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Malvern Road (B27 6EH), the main crime hotspot is near Elmdon Road. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 56 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Malvern Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Shoplifting Weates Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Roberts Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weates Yard Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weates Yard Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Henbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tanyards Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rover Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Henbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Elmdon Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Weates Yard Formal action is not in the public interest
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Weates Yard
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cottesbrook Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Beeches Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Langworth Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Beeches Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Colwall Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Francis Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Henbury Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Francis Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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