Total Crime Rate

9.5 per 1,000 1/10 · Very 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 9.5 1/10
  • Burglary 3.2 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 3.2 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 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
  • 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

Rocky Lane area has the lowest crime rate of 21 local areas in Perry Barr , and the 57th 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 Rocky Lane (B42 1QU) in the last 12 months was 9.5 per 1,000 residents and was 92.2% lower than the Perry Barr average (122.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Vehicle crime ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 3.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -66.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -80.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Rocky Lane (B42 1QU), the main crime hotspot is near Carmodale Avenue. Police recorded 27 crimes here, including 17 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Rocky Lane area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (7/7)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmodale Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Wensleydale Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Coleraine Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmodale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmodale Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Carmodale Avenue Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Tower Hill —
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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