Total Crime Rate

256.2 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

131.5 per 1,000 10/10 · 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 256.2 10/10
  • Violent crimes 131.5 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 111.1 10/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 34.0 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 27.2 8/10
  • Vehicle crime 18.1 10/10
  • Drugs 15.9 9/10
  • Burglary 11.3 9/10
  • Other theft 9.1 7/10
  • Possession of weapons 9.1 10/10
  • Public order 9.1 7/10
  • Other crime 4.5 6/10
  • Bicycle theft 2.3 1/10
  • Robbery 2.3 1/10
  • Theft from the person 2.3 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Stirling Road area has the 8th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 307th highest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Crime levels at this postcode are much higher than in the adjoining streets, suggesting that most neighbouring areas are relatively safer than this one.

The overall crime rate in the area around Stirling Road (B16 9BE) in the last 12 months was 256.2 per 1,000 residents and was 80.3% 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 49 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other crime ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -42.9% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 58 (≈ 131.5 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -8.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Stirling Road (B16 9BE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Stirling Road, where police recorded 74 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 Stirling Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (30/47)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other crime Mariner Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Possession of weapons Clipper View Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Stirling Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Stirling Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Christchurch Close Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Burglary Hartley Place Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Stirling Road —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meyrick Walk Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Meyrick Walk Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Public order Eldon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Drugs Mariner Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Other crime Waterworks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Waterworks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Public order Hartley Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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 2026Violence and sexual offences Carlyle Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Robbery Meyrick Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Meyrick Walk Under investigation
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Meyrick Walk —
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Bellis Street Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Bellis Street Under investigation
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 2026Drugs Waterworks Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Burglary Wyndham Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hartley Place Under investigation
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Data Sources

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