Total Crime Rate

67.2 per 1,000 6/10 · Typical

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 67.2 6/10
  • Vehicle crime 25.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 21.0 5/10
  • Public order 8.4 7/10
  • Burglary 4.2 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.2 4/10
  • Other theft 4.2 4/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 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

Fowlmere Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 41 local areas in Oscott , and the 1189th lowest crime rate of 3,083 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 Fowlmere Road (B42 2DZ) in the last 12 months was 67.2 per 1,000 residents and was 0.5% lower than the Oscott average (67.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 6 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -80.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -41.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -31.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Fowlmere Road (B42 2DZ), the main crime hotspot is near Cardington Avenue. Police recorded 34 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Fowlmere Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (13/13)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Public order Fowlmere Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Turnberry Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Turnberry Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardington Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cardington Avenue Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Poplar Rise Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cardington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Cardington Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Booths Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Thetford Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Cardington Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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