Total Crime Rate

55.9 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

43.5 per 1,000 7/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 55.9 5/10
  • Violent crimes 43.5 7/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 34.2 7/10
  • Public order 6.2 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 6.2 6/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 3.1 2/10
  • Robbery 3.1 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Charnwood Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 39 local areas in Oscott , and the 986th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Charnwood Road (B42 1JS) in the last 12 months was 55.9 per 1,000 residents and was 19.7% lower than the Oscott average (69.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 11 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 22.2% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 43.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Charnwood Road (B42 1JS), the main crime hotspot is near Charnwood Road. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 14 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Charnwood Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bardfield Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Croyde Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Hobhouse Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs Old Walsall Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spouthouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Spouthouse Lane Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Cedarwood Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Stanford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanford Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Stanford Avenue Under investigation
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Data Sources

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