Total Crime Rate

116.0 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 116.0 8/10
  • Burglary 41.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 30.7 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 20.5 5/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 6.8 5/10
  • Bicycle theft 3.4 5/10
  • Drugs 3.4 3/10
  • Other crime 3.4 4/10
  • Other theft 3.4 3/10
  • Public order 3.4 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Niall Close area has the 27th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1160th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Niall Close (B15 3LX) in the last 12 months was 116.0 per 1,000 residents and was 30.9% lower than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Burglary with 12 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 500.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2024.

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 23.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 133.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -49.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Niall Close (B15 3LX), the main crime hotspot is near Christchurch Close. Police recorded 71 crimes here, including 33 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Niall Close area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Other theft Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Further/Higher Educational Building Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Further/Higher Educational Building Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Place
Sep 2025Drugs Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Further/Higher Educational Building Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Hampshire Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Christchurch Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Brook Road
Sep 2025Burglary Brook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Brook Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Niall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Augustus Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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