Total Crime Rate

216.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 216.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 81.8 10/10
  • Other theft 44.9 10/10
  • Burglary 23.8 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 13.2 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.6 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.9 4/10
  • Drugs 7.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.9 9/10
  • Shoplifting 7.9 5/10
  • Public order 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Robbery 2.6 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Priory Avenue area has the 10th highest crime rate of 74 local areas in Bournbrook & Selly Park , and the 448th 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 Priory Avenue (B29 7NH) in the last 12 months was 216.4 per 1,000 residents and was 79.4% higher than the Bournbrook & Selly Park average (120.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 31 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 97.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Priory Avenue (B29 7NH), the main crime hotspot is near Brookvale Mews. Police recorded 40 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

Crime Over Time in Priory Avenue area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Holly Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Brookvale Mews Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pebworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Pebworth Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookvale Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Third Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookvale Mews Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brookvale Mews Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Kitchener Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Wallace Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Second Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Second Avenue —
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dobbs Mill Close Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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