Total Crime Rate
186.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
103.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Embleton Grove area has the 18th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 561st 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 Embleton Grove (B34 6HS) in the last 12 months was 186.2 per 1,000 residents and was 51.3% 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 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 103.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -42.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Embleton Grove (B34 6HS), the main crime hotspot is near Heath Way. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 38 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 | Possession of weapons | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilling Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Heath Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heath Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Heath Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Moat Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Moat Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Woodbury Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Haxby Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilling Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodbury Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Kingfisher Veiw | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Settle Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Teesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Darley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Darley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Darley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Teesdale Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Teesdale Avenue | Under investigation |
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