Total Crime Rate
88.7 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
20.5 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Chad Road area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1505th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.
The overall crime rate in the area around Chad Road (B15 3ER) in the last 12 months was 88.7 per 1,000 residents and was 37.6% lower than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. All major crime categories fell. The sharpest drop was Criminal damage and arson ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 6 (≈ 20.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -57.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Chad Road (B15 3ER), 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.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bellis Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bellis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Plough And Harrow Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Plough And Harrow Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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