Total Crime Rate
77.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
43.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Honiton Close area has the 60th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 1374th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Honiton Close (B31 1TH) in the last 12 months was 77.2 per 1,000 residents and was 24.5% lower 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 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -41.2% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 43.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -40.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Honiton Close (B31 1TH), the main crime hotspot is near Norman Lane. Police recorded 43 crimes here, including 25 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Norman Lane | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Sports/Recreation Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Elmdale Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Tinkers Farm Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Rhayader Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Norman Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Norman Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Colworth Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Basil Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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