Total Crime Rate

411.0 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 411.0 10/10
  • Vehicle crime 87.9 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 75.7 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 63.4 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 57.3 10/10
  • Burglary 26.6 10/10
  • Other theft 24.5 10/10
  • Drugs 22.5 10/10
  • Possession of weapons 16.4 10/10
  • Public order 14.3 8/10
  • Robbery 10.2 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 8.2 9/10
  • Other crime 4.1 6/10
  • 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

Monument Road area has the 23rd highest crime rate of 121 local areas in Ladywood , and the 131st 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 Monument Road (B16 8UU) in the last 12 months was 411.0 per 1,000 residents and was 7.3% higher than the Ladywood average (383.0 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 2 cases , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 1000.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Burglary ( -31.6% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 57 (≈ 116.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 14.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 170.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monument Road (B16 8UU), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough And Harrow Road, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stirling Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Monument Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/63)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaufort Road —
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Augustus Court Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Drugs Vicarage Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Vicarage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Winfield Way Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Augustus Court Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Oliver Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Reservoir Retreat Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Reservoir Retreat Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coxwell Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Coxwell Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Shoplifting Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Robbery Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Waterworks Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Beaufort Road —
Sep 2025Bicycle theft Beaufort Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Beaufort Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Place —
Sep 2025Drugs Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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