Total Crime Rate
36.1 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
33.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Florence Road area has the 15th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 547th lowest crime rate of 3,059 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 Florence Road (B27 6LN) in the last 12 months was 36.1 per 1,000 residents and was 74.3% lower than the Acocks Green average (140.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 33.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -29.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Florence Road (B27 6LN), the main crime hotspot is near Weates Yard. Police recorded 59 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Acocks Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yardley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Weates Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Weates Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Augusta Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Augusta Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weates Yard | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Weates Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Weates Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beeches Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Francis Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwall Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colwall Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Beeches Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Beeches Avenue | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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