Total Crime Rate
62.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
56.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Redstone Farm Road area has the 32nd lowest crime rate of 121 local areas in Acocks Green , and the 1092nd 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 Redstone Farm Road (B28 9NU) in the last 12 months was 62.0 per 1,000 residents and was 55.9% 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 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 28.6% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 56.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Redstone Farm Road (B28 9NU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 56 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Gospel Farm Road (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mapleton Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hornbrook Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bounds Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Hall Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Hall Crescent | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broom Hall Crescent | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gospel Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gospel Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Gospel Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Redstone Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redstone Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mapleton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Redstone Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakefield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Creswell Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Creswell Road | — |
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