Total Crime Rate
68.2 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
36.8 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Harborne Park Road area has the 19th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 1219th 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 0NE) in the last 12 months was 68.2 per 1,000 residents and was 52.0% 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 13 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , down -50.0% compared to 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Vehicle crime ( 200.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Anti-social behaviour ( -50.0% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 14 (≈ 36.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 27.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.2% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Harborne Park Road (B17 0NE), the main crime hotspot is near Leeson Walk. Police recorded 89 crimes here, including 64 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 | Vehicle crime | Merryfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Leeson Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeson Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeson Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeson Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeson Walk | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Leeson Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Hilldrop Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leeson Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Leeson Walk | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Grasdene Grove | — |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Grasdene Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Grasdene Grove | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Leeson Walk | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Metchley Rise | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Metchley Rise | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Iliffe Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Cross Farm Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Merryfield Grove | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Merryfield Grove | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Rodbourne Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodleigh Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Woodleigh Avenue | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Poole Crescent | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodleigh Avenue | Under investigation |
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