Total Crime Rate

254.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 254.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 90.9 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.4 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 36.4 10/10
  • Burglary 21.2 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 21.2 10/10
  • Public order 15.2 9/10
  • Shoplifting 12.1 6/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Other theft 6.1 6/10
  • Robbery 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 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

Westcroft Grove area has the 11th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 331st 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 Westcroft Grove (B38 8AT) in the last 12 months was 254.6 per 1,000 residents and was 152.9% higher than the King's Norton North average (100.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 30 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -71.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 37 (≈ 112.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -31.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has flat ( 0.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Westcroft Grove (B38 8AT), the main crime hotspot is near Westcroft Grove. Police recorded 84 crimes here, including 37 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Westcroft Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ombersley Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Westcroft Grove Local resolution
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Shrawley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hood Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kipling Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Club View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Westcroft Grove
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Westcroft Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Westcroft Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Grove Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Shrawley Avenue
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Westcroft Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinver Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Middle Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Middle Field Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hallow Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ainsworth Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Club View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Shrawley Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lakehouse Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Kinlet Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Monkswood Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Kinlet Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Kinlet Avenue
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Monkswood Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Ingoldsby Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other crime Monkswood Avenue Under investigation

Data Sources

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