Total Crime Rate

746.8 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 746.8 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 204.6 10/10
  • Public order 185.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 103.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 94.2 10/10
  • Drugs 90.9 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 26.0 10/10
  • Other theft 16.2 9/10
  • Other crime 13.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.7 8/10
  • Burglary 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 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 · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Charfield Close area has the highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bournville & Cotteridge , and the 44th 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 Charfield Close (B30 1QS) in the last 12 months was 746.8 per 1,000 residents and was 658.7% 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 63 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 3100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 128 (≈ 415.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 132.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 142.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charfield Close (B30 1QS), the main crime hotspot is near Charfield Close. Police recorded 213 crimes here, including 120 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Charfield Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Conference/Exhibition Centre Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Conference/Exhibition Centre Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Charfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hay Green Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charfield Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charfield Close —
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Charfield Close —
Sep 2025Burglary Dingle Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Charfield Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hay Green Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Cob Lane —
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Charfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Charfield Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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