Total Crime Rate

501.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

209.4 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 501.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 209.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 176.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 148.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 46.9 9/10
  • Robbery 36.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.7 9/10
  • Public order 21.7 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.7 10/10
  • Other theft 10.8 8/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 6/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 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

Turves Green area has the highest crime rate of 75 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 86th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Turves Green (B31 4AB) in the last 12 months was 501.8 per 1,000 residents and was 443.0% 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 Shoplifting with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 209.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Turves Green (B31 4AB), 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 Turves Green area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/34)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Centenary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime The Morelands Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Willetts Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorpark Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Harpers Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Cressage Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Centenary Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Oak Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Centenary Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Abbeydale Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Moorpark Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences The Oak Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Harpers Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs The Oak Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs The Oak Walk Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Adstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Adstone Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hawkesley Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Purslow Grove —
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Data Sources

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