Total Crime Rate
20.8 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
16.7 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Tern Grove area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 250th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Tern Grove (B38 9DN) in the last 12 months was 20.8 per 1,000 residents and was 77.5% lower 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 4 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 4 (≈ 16.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -88.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Tern Grove (B38 9DN), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teviot Grove, where police recorded 21 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Mersey Grove (14 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Mersey Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dornie Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Mersey Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Beech Hurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Medway Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mersey Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Mersey Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Foyle Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersey Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Grange Hill Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grange Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Grange Hill Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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