Total Crime Rate

363.4 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 363.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 133.9 10/10
  • Shoplifting 62.8 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.3 8/10
  • Burglary 24.6 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 24.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.9 10/10
  • Public order 19.1 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 13.7 10/10
  • Drugs 10.9 9/10
  • Other theft 8.2 7/10
  • Robbery 8.2 8/10
  • Theft from the person 8.2 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Martineau Drive area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Harborne , and the 157th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Martineau Drive (B32 2AR) in the last 12 months was 363.4 per 1,000 residents and was 268.6% higher than the Harborne average (98.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 3 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 350.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Possession of weapons ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 64 (≈ 174.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( -0.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Martineau Drive (B32 2AR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Toronto Gardens, where police recorded 22 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Ledsam Grove (10 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Martineau Drive area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ansell Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Tennal Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Ledsam Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Fitz Roy Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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