Total Crime Rate
70.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
22.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Shard End Crescent area has the 18th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 1267th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shard End Crescent (B34 7AB) in the last 12 months was 70.6 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% lower than the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross average (126.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 22.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -82.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shard End Crescent (B34 7AB), 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gorsefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tanglewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tanglewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spondon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ownall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Timber Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walsham Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorsefield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spondon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Finches End | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Shardway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Wheldrake Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wheldrake Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyebeams | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Tyebeams | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Shardway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wincrest Way | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Shardway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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