Total Crime Rate
318.0 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Hagley Road area has the 7th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 209th highest crime rate of 3,083 local areas in Birmingham .
This postcode sits in a local crime hotspot. Overall crime levels here are significantly higher than in the surrounding streets and the wider area.
The overall crime rate in the area around Hagley Road (B16 9RE) in the last 12 months was 318.0 per 1,000 residents and was 89.4% higher than the Edgbaston average (167.9 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 27 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Shoplifting ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Bicycle theft ( -60.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 40 (≈ 122.3 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -19.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Hagley Road (B16 9RE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Plough And Harrow Road, where police recorded 105 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Stirling Road (30 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgbaston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Vicarage Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Vicarage Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Harold Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Hartley Place | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vicarage Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Possession of weapons | Hartley Place | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterworks Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Waterworks Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Augustus Court | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Augustus Court | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Vicarage Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Niall Close | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Further/Higher Educational Building | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Sefton Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Further/Higher Educational Building | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Carlyle Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Hartley Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Meyrick Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
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