Total Crime Rate

72.8 per 1,000 6/10 · Average

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

26.8 per 1,000 5/10 · Average

May 2025 - Apr 2026
Latest update: 06.06.2026 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 72.8 6/10
  • Violent crimes 26.8 5/10
  • Vehicle crime 19.2 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 19.2 5/10
  • Drugs 11.5 9/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 7.7 6/10
  • Burglary 3.8 4/10
  • Other theft 3.8 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.8 6/10
  • Robbery 3.8 5/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 0.0 1/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · May 2025 - Apr 2026 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harborne Park Road area has the 21st lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1303rd 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 Harborne Park Road (B17 0BL) in the last 12 months was 72.8 per 1,000 residents and was 48.8% lower 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 5 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Other theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violent crimes ( -36.4% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 7 (≈ 26.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -36.4% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -61.3% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harborne Park Road (B17 0BL), the main crime hotspot is near Metchley Rise. Police recorded 33 crimes here, including 18 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Harborne Park Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (17/17)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Other theft Grasdene Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Metchley Rise Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other theft Rodbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Rodbourne Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Hilldrop Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Mill Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Drugs Mill Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Anti-social behaviour Grasdene Grove —
Apr 2026Criminal damage and arson Grasdene Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Metchley Rise Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Merryfield Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Merryfield Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Yewdale Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Merryfield Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Cross Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
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Data Sources

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