Total Crime Rate

99.7 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 99.7 8/10
  • Burglary 68.4 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 14.3 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 14.3 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.9 3/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 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

Astonbury area has the 23rd lowest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1384th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Astonbury (B15 3QB) in the last 12 months was 99.7 per 1,000 residents and was 40.6% 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 24 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Violence and sexual offences ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -16.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 5 (≈ 14.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -14.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Astonbury (B15 3QB), the main crime hotspot is near Hagley Road. Police recorded 49 crimes here, including 26 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Astonbury area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Woodbourne Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Bishbury Close Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilchrist Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Gilchrist Drive Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Broomhurst Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Bishbury Close Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Yelverton Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hagley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Hagley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Anstruther Road
Sep 2025Burglary Hagley Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Ravenswood Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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