Total Crime Rate

229.7 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 229.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 33.5 10/10
  • Burglary 28.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 23.9 8/10
  • Other theft 23.9 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.1 10/10
  • Drugs 9.6 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

School Lane area has the 16th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 401st highest crime rate of 3,083 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 School Lane (B34 6SH) in the last 12 months was 229.7 per 1,000 residents and was 88.1% higher than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 400.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 90.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 145.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around School Lane (B34 6SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Lane, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Glascote Grove (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in School Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Schoolacre Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ringmere Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ravenall Close Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Polesworth Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Ankermoor Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences The Oaks Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ringmere Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Little Heath Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Woodstile Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pencroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft School Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs School Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glascote Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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