Total Crime Rate

108.5 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 108.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.4 9/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.2 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.4 2/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Nailstone Crescent area has the 62nd lowest crime rate of 123 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1274th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Nailstone Crescent (B27 7HY) in the last 12 months was 108.5 per 1,000 residents and was 26.2% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 171.4% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 84.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 177.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Nailstone Crescent (B27 7HY), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gospel Lane, where police recorded 35 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Overton Grove (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Nailstone Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Liddon Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tustin Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liddon Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Gayle Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Roydon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Langley Hall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Easton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Swanswell Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tustin Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Liddon Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Leysdown Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Severne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ladbroke Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nailstone Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Leysdown Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Gospel Lane
Sep 2025Other theft Gospel Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gospel Lane Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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