Total Crime Rate
351.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
237.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Goodwood Close area has the 7th highest crime rate of 111 local areas in Bromford & Hodge Hill , and the 175th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Goodwood Close (B36 8QB) in the last 12 months was 351.2 per 1,000 residents and was 185.3% higher than the Bromford & Hodge Hill average (123.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 62 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 28.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 71 (≈ 237.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -18.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -47.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Goodwood Close (B36 8QB), the main crime hotspot is near Blossom Grove. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Sundew Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Kempton Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Blossom Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Folkestone Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Collingbourne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Collingbourne Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Collingbourne Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Haye House Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Fort Parkway | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Chillinghome Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Goodwood Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Goodwood Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blossom Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Hilltop Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pinza Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Standlake Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Kempton Park Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Kempton Park Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Sundew Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bromford Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Twycross Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Wetherby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Wetherby Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Peak Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Blossom Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayrshire Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayrshire Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ayrshire Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Kempton Park Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Kempton Park Road | Under investigation |
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