Total Crime Rate

164.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

72.0 per 1,000 9/10 · Very 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 164.0 9/10
  • Violent crimes 72.0 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 60.0 9/10
  • Vehicle crime 28.0 10/10
  • Other theft 20.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 16.0 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.0 9/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.0 6/10
  • Burglary 4.0 5/10
  • Other crime 4.0 6/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.0 6/10
  • Public order 4.0 4/10
  • Robbery 4.0 6/10
  • Drugs 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

Parker Street area has the 15th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 688th highest crime rate of 3,059 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 Parker Street (B16 9AG) in the last 12 months was 164.0 per 1,000 residents and was 15.4% higher than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 15 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 33.3% YoY). The sharpest decline was Public order ( -50.0% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 18 (≈ 72.0 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -10.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -46.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Parker Street (B16 9AG), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough And Harrow Road, where police recorded 82 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Hartley Place (38 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Parker Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parker Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meyrick Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Robbery Meyrick Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Meyrick Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meyrick Walk
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meyrick Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meyrick Walk
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Wyndham Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Burglary Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Stirling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Parking Area Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Theft from the person Parking Area Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stirling Road
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Waterworks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterworks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Waterworks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Waterworks Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Waterworks Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Waterworks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hickman Gardens Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Other theft Parker Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation

Data Sources

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