Total Crime Rate
122.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Elmdale Grove area has the 41st highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 1056th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Elmdale Grove (B31 1SG) in the last 12 months was 122.3 per 1,000 residents and was 19.5% higher than the Allens Cross average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 26 (≈ 81.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Elmdale Grove (B31 1SG), the main crime hotspot is near Elmdale Grove. Police recorded 31 crimes here, including 22 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmdale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lofthouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Inverness Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Inverness Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tinkers Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Inverness Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Heliers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bidford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bidford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Kelby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tinkers Farm Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Kelby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Lockwood Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelby Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bidford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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