Total Crime Rate
54.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
25.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harvington Road area has the 29th lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 944th 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 Harvington Road (B29 5EQ) in the last 12 months was 54.4 per 1,000 residents and was 49.2% lower 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 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -25.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 9 (≈ 25.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -51.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harvington Road (B29 5EQ), 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 | Park Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Belvide Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shenley Fields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Shenley Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Iris Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Park Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copston Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Bradmore Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bradmore Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Mews | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Bicycle theft | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shenley Fields Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Belvide Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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