Total Crime Rate
387.2 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Leahurst Crescent area has the 5th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 142nd 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 Leahurst Crescent (B17 0LD) in the last 12 months was 387.2 per 1,000 residents and was 130.6% 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 60 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Bicycle theft ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 70 (≈ 235.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 25.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 59.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Leahurst Crescent (B17 0LD), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Metchley Rise, where police recorded 41 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Metchley Drive (29 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.
View Crime In Edgbaston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Vivian Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Metchley Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Waterward Close | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Mill Farm Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Vivian Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Leahurst Crescent | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Metchley Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Metchley Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Farm Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Metchley Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Ethel Road | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Other theft | Metchley Rise | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Metchley Rise | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Denise Drive | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Metchley Drive | Under investigation |
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