Total Crime Rate
152.8 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Clare Drive area has the 21st highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 808th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Clare Drive (B15 3LP) in the last 12 months was 152.8 per 1,000 residents and was 9.0% lower than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 22 offences recorded. The least common crime was Public order with 1 case , down -80.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 57.1% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -80.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 24 (≈ 64.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -38.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -53.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Clare Drive (B15 3LP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stirling Road, where police recorded 71 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Christchurch Close (33 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgbaston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Hampshire Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Hartley Place | — |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Niall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Wyndham Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Augustus Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Augustus Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Christchurch Close | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Stirling Road | Under investigation |
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