Total Crime Rate
146.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
85.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Leycroft Avenue area has the 19th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 829th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Leycroft Avenue (B33 9UG) in the last 12 months was 146.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% higher than the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 14 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -57.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 85.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -6.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -27.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leycroft Avenue (B33 9UG), the main crime hotspot is near Birchtrees Drive. Police recorded 48 crimes here, including 35 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gressel Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rowley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leycroft Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Leycroft Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leycroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchtrees Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Oakmeadow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Millfields | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Waterford Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherton Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Netherton Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gressel Lane | Under investigation |
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