Total Crime Rate
53.5 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Vicarage Road area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 73 local areas in Brandwood & King's Heath , and the 922nd lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
At least one of the neighbouring streets has high or very high crime levels. However, overall crime around this postcode is more mixed, with some nearby areas experiencing lower crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (B14 7NP) in the last 12 months was 53.5 per 1,000 residents and was 53.4% lower than the Brandwood & King's Heath average (114.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -33.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 11 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Vicarage Road (B14 7NP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 104 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Dawberry Road (29 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 | Conference/Exhibition Centre | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dawberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Dawberry Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Waldrons Moor | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Millbrook Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Supermarket | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Linley Grove | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Linley Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Dawberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Dawberry Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwell Fordrough | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwell Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Barn Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hazelwell Fordrough | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Barn Close | Under investigation |
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