Total Crime Rate
227.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
109.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mill Brook Drive area has the 5th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 384th 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 Mill Brook Drive (B31 2YS) in the last 12 months was 227.7 per 1,000 residents and was 122.6% higher 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 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 38 (≈ 109.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -3.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mill Brook Drive (B31 2YS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Mavis Road, where police recorded 78 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tollgate Close (23 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 | Eden Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kemshead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Elder Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daffodil Way | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Cypress Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mavis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mavis Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kemshead Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Mavis Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Reabrook Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reabrook Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverpark Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Riverpark Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | William Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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