Total Crime Rate
212.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shaftmoor Lane area has the 19th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 468th 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 Shaftmoor Lane (B27 7RS) in the last 12 months was 212.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.7% higher 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -71.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 80.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 197.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shaftmoor Lane (B27 7RS), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Acocks Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Spring Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pemberly Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pemberly Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Bus/Coach Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fieldhead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Fox Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Briarfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyall Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lyall Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Spring Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Elton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Elton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wetherfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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