Total Crime Rate
746.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Charfield 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.
View Crime In Bournville & Cotteridge| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Charfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hay Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Charfield Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Dingle Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Charfield Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hay Green Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Cob Lane | — |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charfield Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Charfield Close | Under investigation |
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