Total Crime Rate
298.1 per 1,000
All offences · Oct 2024 - Sep 2025Birchfield Road area has the 24th highest crime rate of 157 local areas in Aston , and the 237th 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 Birchfield Road (B20 3JG) in the last 12 months was 298.1 per 1,000 residents and was 139.1% 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 43 offences recorded. The least common crime was Bicycle theft with 1 case , unchanged from 2024. The fastest-growing crime category was Theft from the person ( 100.0% YoY). The sharpest decline was Shoplifting ( -66.7% YoY).
Violent crimes totalled 60 (≈ 167.1 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were falling ( -4.8% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -65.6% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Birchfield Road (B20 3JG), the main crime hotspot is near Shopping Area. Police recorded 320 crimes here, including 162 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Aston| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgelands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Shoplifting | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Shopping Area | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Bridgelands Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgelands Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bridgelands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Vehicle crime | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Bridgelands Way | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Burglary | Earlsbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Burton Wood Drive | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Theft from the person | Burton Wood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Public order | Burton Wood Drive | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Burton Wood Drive | — |
| Sep 2025 | Criminal damage and arson | Earlsbury Gardens | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Crown Avenue | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Drugs | Graham Warren Way | Local resolution |
| Sep 2025 | Other crime | Earlsbury Gardens | Under investigation |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Shopping Area | Investigation complete; no suspect identified |
| Sep 2025 | Anti-social behaviour | Shopping Area | — |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Leslie Road | Awaiting court outcome |
| Sep 2025 | Violence and sexual offences | Bragg Road | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Sep 2025 | Robbery | Crown Avenue | Under investigation |
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