Total Crime Rate

115.9 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 115.9 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 66.2 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 13.3 6/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 13.3 8/10
  • Other crime 9.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.6 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.3 5/10
  • Public order 3.3 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Simcox 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.

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Crime Over Time in Simcox Gardens area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ox Leasow Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ralphs Meadow Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westside Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Stonehouse Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Brook Walk Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Westside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sommerfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sommerfield Road
Sep 2025Other theft Upper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Simcox Gardens Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Clover Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Upper Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ralphs Meadow Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Westside Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tigley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Wood Leasow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Wood Leasow Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour County Close
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Foredraft Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Tigley Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Middlehill Rise Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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