Total Crime Rate
126.9 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
81.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Beaufort Avenue area has the 38th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 998th 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 Beaufort Avenue (B34 6AE) in the last 12 months was 126.9 per 1,000 residents and was 3.1% higher than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (123.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 32 (≈ 81.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 3.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -54.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Beaufort Avenue (B34 6AE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stechford Road, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Douglas Avenue (22 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 | Douglas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stechford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stechford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stechford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stechford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sports/Recreation Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Stechford Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Southbourne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Southbourne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Beaufort Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beaufort Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Douglas Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Southbourne Avenue | Under investigation |
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