Total Crime Rate
150.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
69.1 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Norfolk Road area has the 20th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 792nd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.
The overall crime rate in the area around Norfolk Road (B15 3PR) in the last 12 months was 150.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.8% higher than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -30.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 69.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -26.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Norfolk Road (B15 3PR), the main crime hotspot is near York Road. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 42 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Edgbaston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hagley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hagley Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Augustine'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilchrist Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rodman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Broomhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broomhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyttelton Road | Under investigation |
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