Total Crime Rate
149.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
88.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Noel Road area has the 21st highest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 801st 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 Noel Road (B16 9PS) in the last 12 months was 149.4 per 1,000 residents and was 5.1% 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 23 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Other theft ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 29 (≈ 88.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -21.6% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.1% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Noel Road (B16 9PS), 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 Stirling Road (34 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Birmingham| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palomino Place | Action to be taken by another organisation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Meyrick Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Parker Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palomino Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meyrick Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Meyrick Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| 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 | Bellis Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Daisy Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Meyrick Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meyrick Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Meyrick Walk | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Parking Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Theft from the person | Parking Area | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parking Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hickman Gardens | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leslie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Reservoir Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wyndham Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Palomino Place | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Parker Street | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Wyndham Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Alston Street | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Shetland Close | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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