Total Crime Rate
156.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Pailton Grove area has the 21st highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 777th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Pailton Grove (B29 5HP) in the last 12 months was 156.0 per 1,000 residents and was 39.4% 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 700.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -22.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 81.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 53.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -55.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Pailton Grove (B29 5HP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Spernall Grove, where police recorded 42 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Park Mews (25 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bartley Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcheston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whiston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Ruckley Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Ruckley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Spernall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Park Mews | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Princethorpe Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Beckbury Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Barcheston Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcheston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barcheston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Barcheston Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Whiston Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pailton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Weoley Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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