Total Crime Rate
227.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
118.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Westcroft Grove area has the 9th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 385th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Westcroft Grove (B38 8AT) in the last 12 months was 227.3 per 1,000 residents and was 145.9% higher than the King's Norton North average (92.4 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 34 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 39 (≈ 118.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -48.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Westcroft Grove (B38 8AT), the main crime hotspot is near Westcroft Grove. Police recorded 75 crimes here, including 39 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Grove | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Hallow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Monkswood Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Field Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shrawley Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shrawley Avenue | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Westcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Westcroft Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Westcroft Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Lakehouse Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hallow Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Middle Field Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakehouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ingoldsby Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Ingoldsby Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakehouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakehouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lakehouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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