Total Crime Rate
29.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
4.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hagley Road area has the 5th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 417th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hagley Road (B16 9LS) in the last 12 months was 29.2 per 1,000 residents and was 79.5% lower than the Edgbaston average (142.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Criminal damage and arson with 2 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -83.3% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 1 (≈ 4.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -83.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -77.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hagley Road (B16 9LS), the main crime hotspot is near Holly Road. Police recorded 70 crimes here, including 46 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 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Portland Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Holly Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Portland Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rodman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyttelton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Augustine'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Hermitage Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Stockdale Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Holly Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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