Total Crime Rate
201.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Gregory Avenue area has the 12th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 516th 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 Gregory Avenue (B29 5DG) in the last 12 months was 201.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.8% higher than the Bartley Green average (111.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 112.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 105.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 21.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Gregory Avenue (B29 5DG), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Square. Police recorded 101 crimes here, including 39 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bartley Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pailton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Gregory Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Pailton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Pailton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Pailton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Square | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Milcote Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Castle Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ruckley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princethorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Quarry Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Weoley Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Stoneton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Stoneton Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pailton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pailton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ruckley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Austrey Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whiston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whiston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Austrey Grove | Action to be taken by another organisation |
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