Total Crime Rate
140.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
70.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Arlington Road area has the 6th highest crime rate of 23 local areas in Highter's Heath , and the 887th 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 Arlington Road (B14 4QD) in the last 12 months was 140.2 per 1,000 residents and was 44.3% higher than the Highter's Heath average (97.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Possession of weapons with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Robbery ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 19 (≈ 70.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -37.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Arlington Road (B14 4QD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Gorleston Road, where police recorded 29 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Langstone Road (17 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Gorleston Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gorleston Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Ibberton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hawkswood Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Highters Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hawkswood Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Aldbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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