Total Crime Rate
119.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shaftmoor Lane area has the 53rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1085th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shaftmoor Lane (B28 8SW) in the last 12 months was 119.8 per 1,000 residents and was 14.8% 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 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 48.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -8.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -22.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shaftmoor Lane (B28 8SW), the main crime hotspot is near Spring Road. Police recorded 82 crimes here, including 32 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 | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Fox Green Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Matlock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ferndene Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Holcombe Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walden Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wandle Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Matlock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Briarfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hollyhock Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Spring Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elton Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spring Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Helstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Helstone Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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