Total Crime Rate

87.6 per 1,000 7/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

48.3 per 1,000 8/10 · High

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 87.6 7/10
  • Violent crimes 48.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 45.3 8/10
  • Burglary 15.1 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.0 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.0 3/10
  • Other theft 3.0 2/10
  • Public order 3.0 2/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Yardley Wood Road area has the 59th highest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 1521st highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Yardley Wood Road (B14 4FD) in the last 12 months was 87.6 per 1,000 residents and was 9.2% 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 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 25.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -25.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 48.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -5.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -67.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Yardley Wood Road (B14 4FD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 58 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Crest View (26 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
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crest View Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shorters Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other crime Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Bus/Coach Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Pendeen Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crest View Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shorters Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Goodrest Croft Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Shorters Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime The Woodleys Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs The Woodleys Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Crest View Under investigation

Data Sources

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