Total Crime Rate
321.4 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Finstall Close area has the 21st highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 206th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Finstall Close (B7 4LA) in the last 12 months was 321.4 per 1,000 residents and was 157.8% higher than the Aston average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 75 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 7400.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -61.5% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 68 (≈ 101.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 7.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 20.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Finstall Close (B7 4LA), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Finstall Close, where police recorded 49 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Lawford Close (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Aston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelsey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hindlow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhaven Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Newhaven Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Duddeston Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hindlow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hindlow Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hindlow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hindlow Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hindlow Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Lawford Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Duddeston Manor Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finstall Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finstall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Hilden Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Finstall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Barrack Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Finstall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Hobart Croft | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Finstall Close | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vauxhall Grove | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Finstall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Kellett Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kelsey Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Wardlow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Kellett Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Great Brook Street | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Great Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Great Brook Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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