Total Crime Rate
222.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
98.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Scotland Lane area has the 8th highest crime rate of 124 local areas in Allens Cross , and the 404th 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 Scotland Lane (B32 4BS) in the last 12 months was 222.2 per 1,000 residents and was 117.3% higher than the Allens Cross average (102.3 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 98.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 34.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -44.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Scotland Lane (B32 4BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Brett Drive, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bringewood Grove (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Curdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Offmoor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bringewood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bringewood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bringewood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Bringewood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Tweeds Well | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meaton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Offmoor Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Offmoor Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Bringewood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Scotland Lane | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Nantmel Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Brett Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Brett Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Brett Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Brett Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bringewood Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Glengarry Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Talladale | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Curdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caynham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Rothesay Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Marywell Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Caynham Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Talladale | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Curdale Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Dettonford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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