Total Crime Rate
115.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Simcox Gardens area has the 36th highest crime rate of 98 local areas in Bartley Green , and the 1163rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Simcox Gardens (B32 3RX) in the last 12 months was 115.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.5% higher than the Bartley Green average (111.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 22 (≈ 72.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -50.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Simcox Gardens (B32 3RX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near County Close, where police recorded 28 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Upper Close (23 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Bartley Green| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ox Leasow | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ralphs Meadow | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Westside Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Stonehouse Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Brook Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Westside Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Sommerfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sommerfield Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Upper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Simcox Gardens | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Clover Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Upper Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ralphs Meadow | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Westside Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Tigley Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Wood Leasow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wood Leasow | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | County Close | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Foredraft Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Tigley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Middlehill Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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