Total Crime Rate

224.6 per 1,000 10/10 · Very High

All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025
Latest update: 05.12.2025 Crime figures are sourced from data.police.uk and are typically published with a 3-month delay.
Crime rate per 1000 residents
  • All crimes 224.6 10/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 118.6 10/10
  • Burglary 29.7 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 21.2 8/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 17.0 9/10
  • Public order 17.0 9/10
  • Other theft 8.5 7/10
  • Bicycle theft 4.2 6/10
  • Drugs 4.2 5/10
  • Possession of weapons 4.2 7/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 0.0 1/10
  • Theft from the person 0.0 1/10
  • Vehicle crime 0.0 1/10
Values shown per 1,000 residents · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025 · Rating compares this oa to UK peers of the same type.
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Crime overview

Harborne Lane area has the 12th highest crime rate of 54 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 421st highest crime rate of 3,083 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 Harborne Lane (B17 0NU) in the last 12 months was 224.6 per 1,000 residents and was 33.7% 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 28 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , up 100.0% compared to 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Burglary ( 600.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Violence and sexual offences ( 7.7% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 33 (≈ 139.8 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 17.9% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -7.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Harborne Lane (B17 0NU), the main crime hotspot is near Hilldrop Grove. Police recorded 45 crimes here, including 29 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.

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Crime Over Time in Harborne Lane area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Hilldrop Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Hilldrop Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilldrop Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilldrop Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poole Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Poole Crescent Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Public order Poole Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Other theft Poole Crescent Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilldrop Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilldrop Grove Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Langford Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Burglary Rodbourne Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Farm Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Hilldrop Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Cross Farm Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Drugs Langford Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Possession of weapons Langford Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Mill Farm Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Petrol Station Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Denise Drive Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour Petrol Station
Sep 2025Drugs Langford Grove Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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