Total Crime Rate
89.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
52.6 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026The Shardway area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 1478th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around The Shardway (B34 7AR) in the last 12 months was 89.8 per 1,000 residents and was 29.3% 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 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -20.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 52.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 54.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around The Shardway (B34 7AR), 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Spondon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Gorsefield Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Timber Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coneyford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coneyford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | The Shardway | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | The Shardway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | The Shardway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Walsham Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Packington Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Packington Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Ownall Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Gorsefield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coneyford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tanglewood Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Tanglewood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Coneyford Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Coneyford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coneyford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Coneyford Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Spondon Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Offender given a caution |
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