Total Crime Rate

230.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

132.3 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 230.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 132.3 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 108.5 10/10
  • Public order 23.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 15.9 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.2 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.2 8/10
  • Other theft 13.2 9/10
  • Burglary 10.6 9/10
  • Drugs 5.3 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.7 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.7 2/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

The Avenue area has the 16th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 373rd highest crime rate of 3,059 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 The Avenue (B27 6NG) in the last 12 months was 230.2 per 1,000 residents and was 63.6% higher 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 41 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -61.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 132.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 111.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Avenue (B27 6NG), the main crime hotspot is near Mallard Close. Police recorded 93 crimes here, including 54 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in The Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Drugs Weates Yard Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mallard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mallard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mallard Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mallard Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mallard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Weates Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Mallard Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Weates Yard Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Elmdon Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Malvern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Malvern Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Colwall Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Colwall Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Henbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Mallard Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Mallard Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Henbury Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Burglary Beeches Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beeches Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beeches Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beeches Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Beeches Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Beeches Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Woodberry Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Woodberry Walk Under investigation

Data Sources

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