Total Crime Rate

183.9 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 183.9 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 44.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 41.5 8/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 36.3 9/10
  • Drugs 18.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 10.4 8/10
  • Burglary 7.8 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 7.8 9/10
  • Other theft 5.2 5/10
  • Robbery 5.2 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.6 2/10
  • Other crime 2.6 2/10
  • Theft from the person 2.6 2/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Yardley Wood Road area has the 17th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 598th 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 Yardley Wood Road (B13 0PT) in the last 12 months was 183.9 per 1,000 residents and was 92.4% higher than the Billesley average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 250.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 54.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 50.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 262.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yardley Wood Road (B13 0PT), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sports/Recreation Area, where police recorded 34 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Bondfield Road (20 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Yardley Wood Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Sports/Recreation Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bondfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Colemeadow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brigfield Road
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brigfield Road
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hallstead Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayford Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hallstead Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Capcroft Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capcroft Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Capcroft Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Sports/Recreation Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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