Total Crime Rate

124.6 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 124.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 38.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 35.1 10/10
  • Burglary 16.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 9.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other crime 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 2/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Public order 3.2 2/10
  • Shoplifting 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Tessall Lane area has the 40th highest crime rate of 123 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 1071st highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Tessall Lane (B31 5EF) in the last 12 months was 124.6 per 1,000 residents and was 16.4% higher than the Allens Cross average (107.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 450.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 44.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 55.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Tessall Lane (B31 5EF), the main crime hotspot is near Tessall Farm Croft. Police recorded 25 crimes here, including 16 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Tessall Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Farren Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Josiah Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Josiah Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Dockar Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dockar Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting The Roundabout Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Josiah Road
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Farren Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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