Total Crime Rate

46.3 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

31.7 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

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 46.3 5/10
  • Violent crimes 31.7 6/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 29.3 6/10
  • Burglary 4.9 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 4.9 4/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Public order 2.4 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 2.4 1/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 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

Highters Road area has the 37th lowest crime rate of 129 local areas in Billesley , and the 750th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.

The overall crime rate in the area around Highters Road (B14 4ND) in the last 12 months was 46.3 per 1,000 residents and was 52.0% 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 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( -7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 13 (≈ 31.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -7.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highters Road (B14 4ND), the main crime hotspot is near Saxons Way. Police recorded 30 crimes here, including 19 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Highters Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (21/21)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Littlecote Croft Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Chale Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Kingsthorpe Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Kingsthorpe Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highters Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Moundsley Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Shawbrook Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Highters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Highters Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Whitlock Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Playdon Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Aldbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Aldbury Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Kingsthorpe Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Saxons Way —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Littlecote Croft Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Saxons Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lark Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mountfield Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Mountfield Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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