Total Crime Rate
381.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Avery Croft area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 31 local areas in Castle Vale , and the 146th 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 Avery Croft (B35 7DQ) in the last 12 months was 381.2 per 1,000 residents and was 196.5% higher than the Castle Vale average (128.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 47 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 1200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 54 (≈ 141.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 28.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Avery Croft (B35 7DQ), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Castle Bromwich, where police recorded 16 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Concorde Drive (11 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Brooks Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Bromwich | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Avery Croft | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Castle Bromwich | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Castle Bromwich | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Sopwith Croft | — |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Avery Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bader Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Bader Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Castle Bromwich | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle Bromwich | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Castle Bromwich | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Concorde Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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