Total Crime Rate

168.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 13.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 168.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 64.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 24.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Other theft 16.0 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 12.0 8/10
  • Public order 12.0 8/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Drugs 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Robbery 4.0 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 19th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 691st 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 Monument Road (B16 8UZ) in the last 12 months was 168.0 per 1,000 residents and was 0.0% higher than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 16 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Anti-social behaviour ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Drugs ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 21 (≈ 84.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 23.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -35.8% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Monument Road (B16 8UZ), 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

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Other theft Plough And Harrow Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Public order Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Plough And Harrow Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Drugs Vicarage Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Burglary Vicarage Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Plough And Harrow Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Oliver Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Awaiting court outcome
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Coxwell Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Drugs Coxwell Gardens Offender given a caution
Sep 2025Other crime Sefton Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Burglary Mostyn Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Sefton Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Wyndham Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Hartley Place
Sep 2025Drugs Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Robbery Hartley Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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