Total Crime Rate
454.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Abbeydale Road area has the highest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 103rd highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Abbeydale Road (B31 3TJ) in the last 12 months was 454.9 per 1,000 residents and was 352.0% higher than the King's Norton North average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 325.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 50 (≈ 180.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -4.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Abbeydale Road (B31 3TJ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbeydale Road, where police recorded 66 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Centenary Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In King's Norton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Copse Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Abbeydale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleys Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Abbeydale Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Moorpark Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Petrol Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Centenary Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Willetts Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Centenary Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Verstone Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowood Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bowood Crescent | Awaiting court outcome |
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