Crime Rates at The Fordrough, Northfield, Birmingham, B31 3LR

The Fordrough area has the 11th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 529th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 The Fordrough (B31 3LR) in the last 12 months was 192.2 per 1,000 residents and was 107.9% higher than the King's Norton North average (92.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -60.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 129.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -23.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -39.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around The Fordrough (B31 3LR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Aldersmead Road, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Beach Close (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.