Total Crime Rate
21.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
5.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Cornfield Road area has the 11th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 264th 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 Cornfield Road (B31 2EA) in the last 12 months was 21.6 per 1,000 residents and was 78.9% lower than the Allens Cross average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 5.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -76.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Cornfield Road (B31 2EA), the main crime hotspot is near Overbury Close. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 29 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 | Bunbury Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Watkins Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bunbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bunbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Norman Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Barron Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Overbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barron Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Josephs Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | St Josephs Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bromford Dell | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromford Dell | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Overbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Dinmore Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dinmore Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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