Total Crime Rate
1733.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
561.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bristol Road South area has the highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 15th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Bristol Road South (B31 2NP) in the last 12 months was 1733.3 per 1,000 residents and was 1594.7% higher than the Allens Cross average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 212 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 160 (≈ 561.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bristol Road South (B31 2NP), the main crime hotspot is near Parking Area. Police recorded 237 crimes here, including 110 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Northfield| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chatham Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Rochester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Great Stone Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Maas 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 |
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