Total Crime Rate

101.1 per 1,000 8/10 · High

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 101.1 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 44.3 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Drugs 8.9 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 8.9 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.1 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 5.3 4/10
  • Other theft 5.3 5/10
  • Other crime 3.6 5/10
  • Robbery 1.8 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Shaw Hill Grove area has the 42nd highest crime rate of 104 local areas in Alum Rock , and the 1362nd 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 Shaw Hill Grove (B8 3LW) in the last 12 months was 101.1 per 1,000 residents and was 7.5% higher than the Alum Rock average (94.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 25 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -40.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 30 (≈ 53.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -16.7% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -2.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Shaw Hill Grove (B8 3LW), the main crime hotspot is near Sandbourne Road. Police recorded 61 crimes here, including 45 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Shaw Hill Grove area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat House Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Kellington Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat House Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sandbourne Road
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Sandbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandbourne Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Sandbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Sandbourne Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Montgomery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Montgomery Way Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Sladefield Road
Sep 2025Drugs Montgomery Way Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Shaw Hill Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Theft from the person Bamville Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Moat House Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Shaw Hill Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bamville Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Jephcott Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watson Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Watson Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Thurcroft Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Other crime Thurcroft Close Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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