Total Crime Rate
20.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
10.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Ellerside Grove area has the 10th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 233rd 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 Ellerside Grove (B31 2RA) in the last 12 months was 20.0 per 1,000 residents and was 80.4% lower than the Allens Cross average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Other crime with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 10.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -69.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Ellerside Grove (B31 2RA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Petrol Station, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near The Mill Walk (13 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Sylvan Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Steel Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Harpers Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Harpers Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Purslow Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Adstone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Sylvan Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Adstone Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peters Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Peters Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Bristol Road South | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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