Total Crime Rate
16.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
9.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scribers Lane area has the 6th lowest crime rate of 55 local areas in Hall Green North , and the 179th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Scribers Lane (B28 0PP) in the last 12 months was 16.6 per 1,000 residents and was 77.9% lower than the Hall Green North average (75.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 33.3% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 9.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scribers Lane (B28 0PP), the main crime hotspot is near Barton Croft. Police recorded 20 crimes here, including 8 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 | Vehicle crime | Scribers Meadow | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilcote Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barton Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scribers Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chilcote Close | Under investigation |
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