Total Crime Rate
230.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
132.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The 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.
View Crime In Acocks Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Weates Yard | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mallard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mallard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Weates Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mallard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Weates Yard | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Elmdon Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Malvern Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Colwall Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colwall Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Henbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Mallard Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mallard Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Henbury Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Public order | Beeches Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Beeches Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Woodberry Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodberry Walk | Under investigation |
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