Total Crime Rate
24.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
8.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hazel Croft area has the 16th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 328th 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 Hazel Croft (B31 2LP) in the last 12 months was 24.8 per 1,000 residents and was 75.8% 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 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary 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 (≈ 8.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -12.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hazel Croft (B31 2LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Rochester Road, where police recorded 146 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Supermarket (47 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Northfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Church Hill | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Copse Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maas Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Beech Farm Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Stone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rochester Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Rochester Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Copse Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Church Hill | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Church Hill | Under investigation |
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