Total Crime Rate

1910.0 per 1,000 10/10 · Very 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 1910.0 10/10
  • Shoplifting 1382.0 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 148.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 85.2 10/10
  • Burglary 65.7 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 60.8 10/10
  • Public order 58.4 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 48.7 10/10
  • Other theft 24.3 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 14.6 10/10
  • Other crime 7.3 8/10
  • Robbery 7.3 8/10
  • Theft from the person 4.9 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.4 2/10
  • Drugs 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

Harborne Road area has the highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 13th highest crime rate of 3,083 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 1910.0 per 1,000 residents and was 1037.3% higher than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Shoplifting with 568 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , down -66.7% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 39.6% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -66.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 94 (≈ 228.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -19.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 174.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harborne Road (B15 3UH), the main crime hotspot is near Hartley Place. Police recorded 58 crimes here, including 24 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Harborne Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (23/23)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Vicarage Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Vicarage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Westbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Place —
Sep 2025Burglary Niall Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Augustus Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Augustus Court Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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