Total Crime Rate
135.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Fladbury Crescent area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bournville & Cotteridge , and the 973rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Fladbury Crescent (B29 6PJ) in the last 12 months was 135.1 per 1,000 residents and was 37.2% higher than the Bournville & Cotteridge average (98.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 18 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 61.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 134.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Fladbury Crescent (B29 6PJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rachel Gardens, where police recorded 37 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Wellman Croft (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Fladbury Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Gibbins Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fladbury Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fladbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Goss Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Goss Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Fladbury Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Lodge Hill Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Lodge Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Rachel Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rachel Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Rachel Gardens | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wellman Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Wellman Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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