Total Crime Rate
327.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Thistle Green area has the 3rd highest crime rate of 78 local areas in King's Norton North , and the 197th 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 Thistle Green (B38 9TT) in the last 12 months was 327.1 per 1,000 residents and was 225.0% 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 33 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , down -87.5% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -87.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 45 (≈ 210.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Thistle Green (B38 9TT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Teviot Grove, where police recorded 33 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Thistle Green (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In King's Norton North| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Teviot Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thistle Green | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Moatway | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | The Moatway | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Thatchway Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Green Lane | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Wast Hill Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Wast Hill Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Grange Rise | — |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Thistle Green | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crab Mill Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Mersey Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hayes Croft | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Sedgeberrow Covert | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgeberrow Covert | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Sedgeberrow Covert | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Teviot Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Glasbury Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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