Total Crime Rate

22.5 per 1,000 2/10 · Very Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

15.0 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 22.5 2/10
  • Violent crimes 15.0 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 15.0 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.5 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Ferndale Road area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 280th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Ferndale Road (B28 9AX) in the last 12 months was 22.5 per 1,000 residents and was 84.0% 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Vehicle crime with 3 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 50.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 15.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -81.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Ferndale Road (B28 9AX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Hall Green, where police recorded 45 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Further/Higher Educational Building (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Ferndale Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (28/28)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Silverlands Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambrai Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambrai Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambrai Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Welby Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Brooklands Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooklands Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooklands Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Brooklands Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Ferndale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Cambrai Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hazelmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hazelmere Road Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Hamlet Gardens Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Green Court Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hall Green Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hall Green Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Cambrai Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cambrai Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Coniston Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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