Total Crime Rate
1000.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
187.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harborne Road area has the 2nd highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 29th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Harborne Road (B15 3UH) in the last 12 months was 1000.0 per 1,000 residents and was 603.7% higher than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 230 offences recorded. The least common crime was Drugs with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other crime ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 77 (≈ 187.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -9.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 124.5% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harborne Road (B15 3UH), the main crime hotspot is near Hartley Place. Police recorded 65 crimes here, including 38 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Harborne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Westbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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