Total Crime Rate
52.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
24.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Oakhurst Road area has the 25th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 895th 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 Oakhurst Road (B27 7PB) in the last 12 months was 52.3 per 1,000 residents and was 62.8% 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 Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -46.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 24.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Oakhurst Road (B27 7PB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Foxglove Close, where police recorded 39 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Oakhurst Road (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shirley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Foxglove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Oakhill Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Oakhill Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Oakhurst Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Anstey Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Foxglove Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendleton Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Vicarage Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Vicarage Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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