Total Crime Rate
90.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
49.0 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yardley Wood Road area has the 57th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 1462nd 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 (B14 4BL) in the last 12 months was 90.7 per 1,000 residents and was 6.0% lower 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 20 (≈ 49.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -45.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Yardley Wood Road (B14 4BL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Haunch Close, where police recorded 25 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Brigfield Crescent (15 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 | Brigfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Michelle Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Brigfield Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Haunch Close | Under investigation |
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