Total Crime Rate

189.7 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 189.7 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 98.8 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.7 8/10
  • Burglary 19.8 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 11.9 8/10
  • Other theft 11.9 8/10
  • Public order 7.9 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 7.9 7/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Overbury Close area has the 12th highest crime rate of 84 local areas in Bournville & Cotteridge , and the 568th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Overbury Close (B31 2HD) in the last 12 months was 189.7 per 1,000 residents and was 92.7% 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 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 110.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 33.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Overbury Close (B31 2HD), the main crime hotspot is near Overbury Road. Police recorded 44 crimes here, including 31 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Overbury Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other crime Pensford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lindsey Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Lindsey Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Lindsey Avenue
Sep 2025Other crime Woodland Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hollow Croft
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromford Dell Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bromford Dell Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Overbury Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Grange Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middleton Grange Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Overbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overbury Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Overbury Road Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Robbery Lindsey Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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