Total Crime Rate
87.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
48.3 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Yardley 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crest View | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorters Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Bus/Coach Station | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Supermarket | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Pendeen Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crest View | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Shorters Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Goodrest Croft | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Shorters Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | The Woodleys | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Petrol Station | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | The Woodleys | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Crest View | Under investigation |
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