Total Crime Rate
154.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
58.2 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Hagley Road area has the 19th highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 756th 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 Hagley Road (B16 9LY) in the last 12 months was 154.4 per 1,000 residents and was 8.7% higher 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 19 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Vehicle crime ( -32.1% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 23 (≈ 58.2 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -14.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 22.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hagley Road (B16 9LY), the main crime hotspot is near York Road. Police recorded 150 crimes here, including 42 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 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | St Augustine'S Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | St Augustine'S 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 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rodman Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hagley Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hagley 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 | Violence and sexual offences | Vernon Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | York Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | York Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Broomhurst | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Lyttelton Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Gilchrist Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | York Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Moorland Road | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | York Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
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