Total Crime Rate
110.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
86.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Greenwood Avenue area has the 61st lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1197th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Greenwood Avenue (B27 7RB) in the last 12 months was 110.5 per 1,000 residents and was 21.4% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 86.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -3.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Greenwood Avenue (B27 7RB), the main crime hotspot is near Norland Road. Police recorded 47 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 | Starcross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Circular Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Northanger Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Starcross Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Keats Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starcross Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Chaucer Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Chaucer Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norland Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Norland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Norland Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Shoplifting | Foxglove Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chaucer Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Starcross Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Circular Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Fanshawe Road | Under investigation |
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