Total Crime Rate
84.7 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Lydd Croft area has the 13th lowest crime rate of 31 local areas in Castle Vale , and the 1495th lowest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lydd Croft (B35 6PW) in the last 12 months was 84.7 per 1,000 residents and was 34.1% lower than the Castle Vale average (128.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 44.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 37.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 16.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lydd Croft (B35 6PW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near St Cuthberts Place, where police recorded 32 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Pixhall Walk (19 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Castle Vale| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Pixhall Walk | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Renfrew Square | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Turnhouse Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Merlin Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Police Station | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Valencia Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Merlin Way | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Croy Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Austin Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Renfrew Square | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Rawlins Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | School Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | School Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | School Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pixhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Pixhall Walk | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Pixhall Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | St Cuthberts Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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