Total Crime Rate

283.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

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 283.2 10/10
  • Shoplifting 89.6 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.9 9/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 25.1 8/10
  • Other theft 21.5 10/10
  • Burglary 17.9 10/10
  • Public order 17.9 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.3 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 10.8 9/10
  • Possession of weapons 10.8 10/10
  • Robbery 7.2 8/10
  • Drugs 3.6 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.6 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Thistledown Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 49 local areas in Glebe Farm & Tile Cross , and the 267th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Thistledown Road (B34 7EG) in the last 12 months was 283.2 per 1,000 residents and was 107.5% higher 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 Shoplifting with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 300.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -10.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 27 (≈ 96.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -33.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Thistledown Road (B34 7EG), the main crime hotspot is near Brownfield Road. Police recorded 38 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Thistledown Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Theft from the person Turnley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thistledown Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Hollyberry Croft Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Bridgeman Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pencroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Glascote Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Brownfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Timberley Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hawcroft Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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