Total Crime Rate

103.8 per 1,000 8/10 · High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

50.3 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 103.8 8/10
  • Violent crimes 50.3 8/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 40.9 8/10
  • Burglary 22.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.9 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 9.4 7/10
  • Public order 6.3 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 3.1 1/10
  • Robbery 3.1 4/10
  • Bicycle theft 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
  • 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

Link Road area has the 40th lowest crime rate of 118 local areas in Ladywood , and the 1283rd highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

The streets immediately around this postcode mostly have high or very high crime levels, and on average the bordering areas are much more affected by crime than this postcode itself.

The overall crime rate in the area around Link Road (B16 0EP) in the last 12 months was 103.8 per 1,000 residents and was 71.1% lower than the Ladywood average (359.2 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 , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 133.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 16 (≈ 50.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -11.1% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -71.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Link Road (B16 0EP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Supermarket, where police recorded 117 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near East Gate (44 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Link Road area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Barford Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary East Gate Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Petrol Station Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Supermarket Local resolution
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences East Gate Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Shoplifting Supermarket Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences B4135 Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Supermarket Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Supermarket Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Summerfield Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Summerfield Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences A4040 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Link Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Link Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Summerfield Crescent Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson B4135 Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary B4135 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime B4135 Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Icknield Port Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marroway Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Marroway Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified

Data Sources

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