Total Crime Rate
96.6 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
29.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Mariner Avenue area has the 26th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1379th 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 Mariner Avenue (B16 9DF) in the last 12 months was 96.6 per 1,000 residents and was 32.0% lower than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Vehicle crime with 8 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Criminal damage and arson ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 29.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -12.5% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 3.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Mariner Avenue (B16 9DF), the main crime hotspot is near Stirling Road. Police recorded 74 crimes here, including 34 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Mariner Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Mariner Avenue | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Clipper View | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Daisy Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Montague Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Montague Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leslie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Montague Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Stirling Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Stirling Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Stirling Road | — |
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