Total Crime Rate

94.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

47.3 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 94.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 47.3 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 37.2 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.9 9/10
  • Drugs 13.5 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 6.8 4/10
  • Other theft 6.8 6/10
  • Public order 6.8 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.4 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Barnes Hill area has the 46th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1408th 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 Barnes Hill (B29 5UW) in the last 12 months was 94.6 per 1,000 residents and was 11.8% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 47.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -90.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barnes Hill (B29 5UW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 125 crimes here, including 43 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Barnes Hill area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ludstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Salwarpe Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Napton Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Dormston Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Ludstone Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Ludstone Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Middle Acre Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Stonebrook Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Supermarket
Apr 2026Burglary Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Millmead Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kinnerton Crescent Under investigation

Data Sources

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