Crime Rates at Vicarage Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 3HB

Vicarage Road area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 13th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 3HB) in the last 12 months was 1910.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1037.3% higher than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 568 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 39.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 228.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 174.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (B15 3HB), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough And Harrow Road, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartley Place (24 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.