Total Crime Rate
71.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
51.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Milcote Road area has the 41st lowest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1276th 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 Milcote Road (B29 5NL) in the last 12 months was 71.4 per 1,000 residents and was 33.4% 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 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 50.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -27.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 15 (≈ 51.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Milcote Road (B29 5NL), 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Weoley Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Burnhill Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weoley Castle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Stoneton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burnhill Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Weoley Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milcote Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Milcote Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hopstone Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Weoley Castle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Castle Square | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Marston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oxley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilmington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| 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 | Criminal damage and arson | Bentley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ackleton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilmington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ilmington Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shipley Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Ackleton Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Square | Under investigation |
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