Total Crime Rate
179.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
137.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Spernall Grove area has the 15th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 600th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Spernall Grove (B29 5DD) in the last 12 months was 179.9 per 1,000 residents and was 67.8% higher than the Bartley Green average (107.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 38 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 137.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 4.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -15.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Spernall Grove (B29 5DD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shenley Fields Road, where police recorded 36 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Spernall Grove (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Spernall Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Weoley Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weoley Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weoley Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weoley Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shenley Fields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shenley Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Iris Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bradmore Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bradmore Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beckbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stoneton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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