Total Crime Rate
233.9 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Shard End Crescent area has the 15th highest crime rate of 112 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 387th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around Shard End Crescent (B34 7AZ) in the last 12 months was 233.9 per 1,000 residents and was 91.6% 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 37 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 120.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 39.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Shard End Crescent (B34 7AZ), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 83 crimes here, including 41 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Bromford & Hodge Hill| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Glascote Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyebeams | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Barlands Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barlands Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Walsham Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cole Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cole Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shustoke Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Tyebeams | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyebeams | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Tyebeams | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Coneyford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Coneyford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pear Tree Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | The Shardway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | The Shardway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Shardway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barlands Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Hollyberry Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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