Total Crime Rate
152.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
82.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yardley Wood Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 774th 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 Yardley Wood Road (B13 0HW) in the last 12 months was 152.4 per 1,000 residents and was 58.0% higher than the Billesley average (96.5 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 21 offences recorded. The least common crime was Robbery with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 20.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -42.9% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 82.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 175.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yardley Wood Road (B13 0HW), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Braceby Avenue, where police recorded 44 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Parking Area (28 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 | Menin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Yardley Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bondfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bondfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bondfield Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bondfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Braceby Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Menin Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Menin Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Yardley Wood Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Jutland Road | Offender given a caution |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Mayford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Mayford Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Yardley Wood Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Capcroft Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Sandway Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Parking Area | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Vimy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vimy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Norley Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vimy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vimy Road | Under investigation |
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