Total Crime Rate
162.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
128.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Nailstone Crescent area has the 30th highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 695th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Nailstone Crescent (B27 7HZ) in the last 12 months was 162.7 per 1,000 residents and was 15.7% 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 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Theft from the person ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 128.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 26.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -38.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Nailstone Crescent (B27 7HZ), the main crime hotspot is near Pool Farm Road. Police recorded 37 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilcote Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wilcote Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leysdown Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liddon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liddon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severne Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Severne Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Liddon Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tustin Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tustin Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Easton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Overton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Pool Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pool Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pool Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakhill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakhill Crescent | Local resolution |
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