Total Crime Rate

98.4 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 98.4 8/10
  • Violent crimes 55.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 51.5 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 15.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.2 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 2.2 1/10
  • Drugs 2.2 1/10
  • Other crime 2.2 1/10
  • Other theft 2.2 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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 · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Broad Road area has the 54th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1351st highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Broad Road (B27 7XE) in the last 12 months was 98.4 per 1,000 residents and was 30.0% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 133.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 25 (≈ 55.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -78.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Broad Road (B27 7XE), the main crime hotspot is near Sorrel Drive. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 27 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Broad Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Flint Green Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Grove Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sorrel Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Sorrel Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Sorrel Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Sorrel Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Merstowe Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merstowe Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Netherfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Broad Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Greswolde Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aspen Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broad Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aspen Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aspen Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aspen Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Flint Green Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Westfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Westfield Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Dudley Park Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Westley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Westley Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bricksmith Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Marys Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Robbery Pearl Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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