Total Crime Rate

28.7 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 28.7 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.4 4/10
  • Burglary 4.8 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.8 4/10
  • Drugs 4.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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
  • Vehicle crime 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

Bay Tree Close area has the 9th lowest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 390th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Bay Tree Close (B38 9SH) in the last 12 months was 28.7 per 1,000 residents and was 71.5% lower 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Violence and sexual offences ( -84.2% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 14.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -84.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Bay Tree Close (B38 9SH), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Blossomfield Close, where police recorded 30 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Forde Way Gardens (16 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Bay Tree Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lydbrook Covert Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Lydbrook Covert Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Calverley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Batheaston Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Calverley Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Low Thatch Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Ridgemount Drive Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Low Thatch
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Green Acres Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blossomfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Blossomfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Blossomfield Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Branch Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Aldbourne Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Driftwood Close Under investigation

Data Sources

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