Total Crime Rate
229.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025School 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.
View Crime In Bromford & Hodge Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Schoolacre Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ringmere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Ravenall Close | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Polesworth Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Ankermoor Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Oaks | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ringmere Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Little Heath Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodstile | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pencroft Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Lane | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | School Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | School Lane | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glascote Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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