Total Crime Rate
42.6 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Rushmead Grove area has the 14th lowest crime rate of 75 local areas in Frankley Great Park , and the 702nd 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 Rushmead Grove (B45 9BX) in the last 12 months was 42.6 per 1,000 residents and was 69.8% lower than the Frankley Great Park average (140.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 10 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -44.4% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 12 (≈ 36.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -42.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 81.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Rushmead Grove (B45 9BX), the main crime hotspot is near Supermarket. Police recorded 145 crimes here, including 36 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Quarry Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Longwood Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hobacre Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Malcolm Grove | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stilthouse Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Longwood Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Longwood Road | Offender given a caution |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stonecroft Avenue | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Lancaster Avenue | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stonecroft Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Quarry Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Chapelfield Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
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