Total Crime Rate

154.4 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

58.2 per 1,000 8/10 · 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 154.4 9/10
  • Violent crimes 58.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 48.1 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 43.0 8/10
  • Burglary 12.7 9/10
  • Other crime 12.7 10/10
  • Public order 10.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 7.6 4/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.6 6/10
  • Drugs 5.1 6/10
  • Other theft 2.5 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 2.5 2/10
  • Robbery 2.5 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 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

Norfolk Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 756th 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 3PS) in the last 12 months was 154.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% higher than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -32.1% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Norfolk Road (B15 3PS), 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.

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Crime Over Time in Norfolk Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Gilchrist Drive Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hagley Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Drugs York Road Local resolution
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting York Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hagley Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime York Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person St Augustine'S Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Broomhurst Under investigation
Apr 2026Other theft Rodman Close Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Broomhurst Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Augustine'S Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences St Augustine'S Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Lyttelton Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences York Road Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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