Total Crime Rate

34.6 per 1,000 4/10 · Low

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 34.6 4/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 27.7 6/10
  • Other theft 3.5 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.5 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Old Croft Lane area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 514th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Old Croft Lane (B34 7BS) in the last 12 months was 34.6 per 1,000 residents and was 74.6% lower than the Glebe Farm & Tile Cross average (136.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 27.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -20.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -52.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Old Croft Lane (B34 7BS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near School Lane, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hawcroft Grove (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Old Croft Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (12/12)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Westeria Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thistledown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs School Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft School Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences School Lane Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pencroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glascote Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawcroft Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Westeria Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Clayton Drive Under investigation
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Data Sources

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