Total Crime Rate
36.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
26.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Severne Road area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 569th 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 Severne Road (B27 7HT) in the last 12 months was 36.8 per 1,000 residents and was 73.8% 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 75.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Severne Road (B27 7HT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Liddon Grove (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Acocks Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gospel Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liddon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilcote Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilcote Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gospel Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gospel Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Hall Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leysdown Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Hall Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Hall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liddon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Overton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tustin Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tustin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbrook Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bounds Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liddon Grove | Under investigation |
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