Total Crime Rate

103.6 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 103.6 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 39.3 7/10
  • Vehicle crime 17.9 10/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Robbery 10.7 9/10
  • Burglary 7.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.6 2/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.6 3/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.6 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Dorncliffe Avenue area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 77 local areas in Sheldon , and the 1337th 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 Dorncliffe Avenue (B33 0PH) in the last 12 months was 103.6 per 1,000 residents and was 10.1% lower than the Sheldon average (115.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 67.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -26.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Dorncliffe Avenue (B33 0PH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Wakeman Grove, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dorncliffe Avenue (11 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Dorncliffe Avenue area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Willaston Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wakeman Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ragnall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Chaffcombe Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ragnall Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Tallington Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Lychgate Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Lychgate Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hadlow Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Elmstead Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Elmstead Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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