Crime Rates at Raford Road, Birmingham, B23 5PE

Raford Road area has the 81st lowest crime rate of 166 local areas in Erdington , and the 1511th lowest crime rate of 3,059 local areas in Birmingham .

Neighbouring streets tend to have noticeably higher crime levels than this postcode. Crime here is lower than the average for the surrounding output areas.

The overall crime rate in the area around Raford Road (B23 5PE) in the last 12 months was 85.7 per 1,000 residents and was 32.4% lower than the Erdington average (126.8 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Violence and sexual offences with 17 offences recorded. The least common crime was Burglary with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Drugs ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.

Violent crimes totalled 17 (≈ 60.7 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 13.3% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -40.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .

In the area around Raford Road (B23 5PE), the highest concentration of overall crime is near Sheddington Road, where police recorded 38 incidents. Violent and public-order offences occur most often near Chaceley Grove (31 offences). Both locations lie within roughly 0.3 miles of this postcode area.