Total Crime Rate

105.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 105.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 84.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 8.5 5/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Public order 4.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 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

Abdon Avenue area has the 30th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bournville & Cotteridge , and the 1311th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Abdon Avenue (B29 4PG) in the last 12 months was 105.9 per 1,000 residents and was 7.6% higher than the Bournville & Cotteridge average (98.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -35.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 89.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -34.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -29.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Abdon Avenue (B29 4PG), the main crime hotspot is near Abdon Avenue. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Abdon Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holdgate Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Silvington Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Weirbrook Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Abdon Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Abdon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holdgate Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abdon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Abdon Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Holdgate Road
Sep 2025Other theft Holdgate Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ruthall Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cob Lane
Sep 2025Other theft Cobs Field Under investigation

Data Sources

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