Total Crime Rate

115.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 115.8 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 77.2 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.3 10/10
  • Other theft 11.6 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.9 3/10
  • Drugs 3.9 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Glendene Crescent area has the 35th highest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 1164th 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 Glendene Crescent (B38 8LX) in the last 12 months was 115.8 per 1,000 residents and was 15.1% 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 20 offences recorded. The least common crime was Criminal damage and arson with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -28.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 77.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 89.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Glendene Crescent (B38 8LX), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blossomfield Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Redhill Road (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Glendene Crescent area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Dorville Close
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Nearhill Road
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Dorville Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendene Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Glendene Crescent Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Glendene Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Blossomfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Nearhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blossomfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blossomfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Redhill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Acres Road Under investigation

Data Sources

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