Total Crime Rate

117.9 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 117.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 70.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 20.2 8/10
  • Burglary 6.7 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.7 5/10
  • Other theft 6.7 6/10
  • Robbery 3.4 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.4 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Bowood Crescent area has the 34th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 1142nd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Bowood Crescent (B31 3TP) in the last 12 months was 117.9 per 1,000 residents and was 17.1% 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 Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -88.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 74.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 46.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 15.7% 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 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.

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Crime Over Time in Bowood Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Harpers Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Station Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Abbeydale Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Robbery Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kelvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kelvin Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowood Crescent Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bowood Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coleys Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Shoplifting Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Morelands Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences West Heath Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Chesterfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jubilee Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Bank Top Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Bank Top Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Moorpark Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Petrol Station Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Action to be taken by another organisation

Data Sources

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