Total Crime Rate

103.2 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

64.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 103.2 8/10
  • Violent crimes 64.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 53.4 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 10.7 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 10.7 7/10
  • Other theft 7.1 6/10
  • Public order 7.1 6/10
  • Burglary 3.6 4/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 3.6 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Forest Way area has the 52nd highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 1290th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Old Forest Way (B34 6TW) in the last 12 months was 103.2 per 1,000 residents and was 16.2% lower 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Other crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 64.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Forest Way (B34 6TW), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 77 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Old Forest Way area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Lingfield Gardens —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Finches End Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Ownall Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Offender given a caution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tanglewood Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Tanglewood Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pear Tree Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Pear Tree Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Tyebeams Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wheldrake Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lingfield Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Old Forest Way —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Old Forest Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Old Forest Way Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Wheldrake Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barlands Croft Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barlands Croft Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Wincrest Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Tyebeams Under investigation
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Data Sources

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