Total Crime Rate

27.3 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026

Violent Crime Rate

13.6 per 1,000 3/10 · Low

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 27.3 3/10
  • Violent crimes 13.6 3/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 13.6 3/10
  • Vehicle crime 9.1 7/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 4.6 3/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 0.0 1/10
  • Drugs 0.0 1/10
  • Other crime 0.0 1/10
  • Other theft 0.0 1/10
  • Possession of weapons 0.0 1/10
  • Public order 0.0 1/10
  • Robbery 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

Vicarage Road area has the 4th lowest crime rate of 53 local areas in Edgbaston , and the 373rd 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 Vicarage Road (B17 0SP) in the last 12 months was 27.3 per 1,000 residents and was 80.8% 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 3 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. Overall, crime levels by type were broadly flat compared to 2025, with no category showing a clear year-on-year rise or fall.

Violent crimes totalled 3 (≈ 13.6 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were flat ( 0.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -74.4% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Vicarage Road (B17 0SP), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Fredas Grove, where police recorded 14 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Tibbets Lane (6 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Vicarage Road area

Showing crimes within 0.3 miles (10/10)
Month:
MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Apr 2026Burglary Stapylton Avenue Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Stapylton Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Vicarage Road Under investigation
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Averns Mill Place Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Hartledon Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Shoplifting Milford Copse Unable to prosecute suspect
Apr 2026Violence and sexual offences Muscott Grove Under investigation
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Tibbets Lane Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Apr 2026Other crime Fredas Grove Awaiting court outcome
Apr 2026Vehicle crime Fredas Grove Investigation complete; no suspect identified
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Data Sources

StreetScan crime figures are based on official UK open data:

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