Total Crime Rate

135.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 135.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 48.4 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.6 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.5 7/10
  • Burglary 9.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.2 7/10
  • Other theft 6.9 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 6.9 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Other crime 2.3 1/10
  • Public order 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Shaftmoor Lane area has the 41st highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 963rd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 135.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% lower than the Acocks Green average (146.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 46.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaftmoor Lane (B28 8SW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spring Road, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Matlock Road (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Shaftmoor Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Tynedale Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fox Green Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Spring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Tynedale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Spring Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holcombe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Briarfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Matlock Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Spring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Theft from the person Spring Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Spring Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Helstone Grove Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Spring Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Fieldhead Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ferndene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndene Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ferndene Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wandle Grove Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wandle Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hollyhock Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hollyhock Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Walden Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Elton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Elton Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Elton Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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