Total Crime Rate

1000.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

187.4 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 1000.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 559.6 10/10
  • Violent crimes 187.4 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 124.1 10/10
  • Burglary 90.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 43.8 10/10
  • Other theft 36.5 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 34.1 9/10
  • Public order 34.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 29.2 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.6 10/10
  • Robbery 14.6 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 9.7 9/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 7/10
  • Drugs 2.4 1/10
  • Other crime 2.4 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

Vicarage Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 29th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.

The overall crime rate in the area around Vicarage Road (B15 3ES) in the last 12 months was 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 603.7% higher than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 230 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 187.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 124.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (B15 3ES), 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 Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (29/29)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Harborne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bellis Street Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bellis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Plough And Harrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Plough And Harrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Westbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Theft from the person Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Beaufort Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parker Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

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