Total Crime Rate

124.6 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

94.3 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 124.6 8/10
  • Violent crimes 94.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.1 7/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Theft from the person 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowood Crescent area has the 30th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 1035th 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 Bowood Crescent (B31 3TP) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 34.8% 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 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 94.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bowood Crescent (B31 3TP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Abbeydale Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Centenary Close (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bowood Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harpers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hobbis Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Copse Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Copse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Old Bank Top Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Coleys Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Coleys Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorpark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorpark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Kelvin Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorpark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Public order Centenary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harpers Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Theft from the person The Morelands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime The Morelands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chesterfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chesterfield Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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