Total Crime Rate
22.4 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
14.9 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Bayswater Road area has the 8th lowest crime rate of 156 local areas in Aston , and the 277th 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 Bayswater Road (B20 3AH) in the last 12 months was 22.4 per 1,000 residents and was 82.1% lower than the Aston average (125.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 7 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Possession of weapons ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 8 (≈ 14.9 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 60.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -75.0% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Bayswater Road (B20 3AH), the main crime hotspot is near Birchfield Road. Police recorded 63 crimes here, including 41 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 | Other theft | Bridgelands Way | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Apr 2026 | Possession of weapons | Burton Wood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Wood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Coombe Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Normandy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Wood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Wood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Melrose Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Woodridge | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Winchester Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Freer Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Birchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Shoplifting | Chesterwood Gardens | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Anti-social behaviour | Chesterwood Gardens | — |
| Apr 2026 | Robbery | Bragg Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Bragg Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Thornbury Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Canterbury Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Canterbury Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Vehicle crime | Bayswater Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Burton Wood Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Birchfield Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgelands Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgelands Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgelands Way | Awaiting court outcome |
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