Total Crime Rate

305.8 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

159.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 305.8 10/10
  • Violent crimes 159.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 107.0 10/10
  • Burglary 30.6 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.6 10/10
  • Public order 24.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.4 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 21.4 9/10
  • Other theft 18.4 9/10
  • Robbery 18.4 10/10
  • Shoplifting 12.2 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.2 10/10
  • Drugs 6.1 6/10
  • Theft from the person 6.1 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 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

Highfield Road area has the 5th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 218th 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 Highfield Road (B15 3EE) in the last 12 months was 305.8 per 1,000 residents and was 115.2% higher than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 35 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 2 cases , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -41.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 52 (≈ 159.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.9% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Highfield Road (B15 3EE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough And Harrow Road, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartley Place (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Highfield Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Huntly Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Huntly Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4532 Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Westbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plough And Harrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Plough And Harrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4532 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4532 Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime B4284 Under investigation

Data Sources

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