Total Crime Rate
120.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
50.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beckbury Road area has the 30th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1078th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Beckbury Road (B29 5HS) in the last 12 months was 120.4 per 1,000 residents and was 12.3% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 50.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beckbury Road (B29 5HS), the main crime hotspot is near Castle Square. Police recorded 92 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Weoley Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Castle Square | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stoneton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | 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 | Robbery | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beckbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Brineton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Beckbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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