Total Crime Rate

170.4 per 1,000 9/10 · 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 170.4 9/10
  • Violence and sexual offences 83.6 10/10
  • Anti-social behaviour 19.3 7/10
  • Criminal damage and arson 16.1 9/10
  • Drugs 16.1 9/10
  • Other theft 9.7 8/10
  • Public order 9.7 7/10
  • Other crime 3.2 4/10
  • Possession of weapons 3.2 4/10
  • Robbery 3.2 4/10
  • Theft from the person 3.2 4/10
  • Vehicle crime 3.2 2/10
  • Bicycle theft 0.0 1/10
  • Burglary 0.0 1/10
  • Shoplifting 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

Barker Street area has the 55th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 676th 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 Barker Street (B19 1EL) in the last 12 months was 170.4 per 1,000 residents and was 36.7% higher than the Aston average (124.7 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 26 offences recorded. The least common crime was Other crime with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Criminal damage and arson ( 66.7% YoY). The sharpest decline was Robbery ( -87.5% YoY).

Violent crimes totalled 31 (≈ 99.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -56.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has rising ( 40.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Barker Street (B19 1EL), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Parking Area, where police recorded 94 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Naden Road (43 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.

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Crime Over Time in Barker Street area

MonthCrimeLocation*Last Outcome
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Melrose Grove Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary Heathfield Avenue Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heathfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Mayfield Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Pavilion Close Action to be taken by another organisation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Heathfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Anti-social behaviour George Street
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Heathfield Avenue Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Vehicle crime Mayfield Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Other theft George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences George Street Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other crime Radnor Road Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Shoplifting Radnor Road Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Radnor Road Under investigation
Sep 2025Burglary B4124 Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Lunar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Drugs Heathfield Avenue Local resolution
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Heathfield Avenue Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson B4124 Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Public order Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Other theft Pearl Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Criminal damage and arson Pearl Place Investigation complete; no suspect identified
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Lunar Place Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Under investigation
Sep 2025Violence and sexual offences Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect
Sep 2025Robbery Parking Area Unable to prosecute suspect

Data Sources

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