Total Crime Rate
229.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025College Road area has the 9th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 403rd highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around College Road (B13 9LS) in the last 12 months was 229.2 per 1,000 residents and was 139.7% higher than the Billesley average (95.6 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 45 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , down -33.3% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 9.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -40.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 66 (≈ 137.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -25.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 7.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around College Road (B13 9LS), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Shopping Area, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stratford Road (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Billesley| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Stratford Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Knowle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Stratford Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Passey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | College Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Passey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stratford Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Passey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Passey Road | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Passey Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Passey Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Stratford Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Dovey Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Knowle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Greenstead Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Solihull Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bankside | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Solihull Road | — |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Solihull Road | Under investigation |
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