Total Crime Rate
103.3 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026St Columbas Drive area has the 35th highest crime rate of 75 local areas in Frankley Great Park , and the 1288th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.
The overall crime rate in the area around St Columbas Drive (B45 8TW) in the last 12 months was 103.3 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% lower than the Frankley Great Park average (122.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -29.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 28 (≈ 70.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -22.2% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -70.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around St Columbas Drive (B45 8TW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 40 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chadwick Close (26 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Columbas Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alford Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | St Columbas Drive | — |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Cofton Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chadwick Close | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Chadwick Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tinmeadow Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Rednal Mill Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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