Total Crime Rate
54.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Turves Green area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 952nd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Turves Green (B31 4AA) in the last 12 months was 54.7 per 1,000 residents and was 46.5% lower 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 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 250.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 29.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 166.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -66.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Turves Green (B31 4AA), 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Station Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorpark Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorpark Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moorpark Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chesterfield Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hobbis Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Morelands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Morelands | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chirbury Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coleys Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coleys Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Abbeydale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cressage Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelvin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Chesterfield Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Centenary Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Centenary Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Centenary Close | Under investigation |
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