Total Crime Rate

129.5 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 129.5 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 42.1 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 29.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 22.7 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 12.9 6/10
  • Burglary 6.5 7/10
  • Other crime 6.5 8/10
  • Drugs 3.2 3/10
  • Other theft 3.2 3/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Baslow Close area has the 35th highest crime rate of 117 local areas in Garretts Green , and the 1031st 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 Baslow Close (B33 9DR) in the last 12 months was 129.5 per 1,000 residents and was 25.5% higher than the Garretts Green average (103.2 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 600.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 45.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -17.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Baslow Close (B33 9DR), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Baslow Close, where police recorded 20 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Old Farm Road (15 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Baslow Close area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (16/16)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Harrowfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hill House Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Audley Road —
Sep 2025Burglary Flaxley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson The Flintway Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hill House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Colyns Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Hill House Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Ipstones Avenue —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Rudyngfield Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Manor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Old Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Flaxley Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Baslow Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary The Flintway Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Rudyngfield Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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